#RequestMapping in spring 3.2.8 - spring

Question

I have this controller in Spring Framework MVC application (version 3.2.8) with 2 different methods: 1 for the GET and the other one for the POST
#Controller
public class ManageAccountController {
private static final Logger LOGGER = Logger.getLogger (ManageAccountController.class);
//private static final String USER="userBean";
#Autowired
private UserService userService;
/**
*
* #param request the http servlet request.
* #param model the spring model.
*
*/
#RequestMapping(value = "/accounts/manageaccount.do", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String showForm ( #ModelAttribute("dataAccountCommand") final DataAccountCommand dataAccountCommand,
BindingResult result,
HttpServletRequest request,
Model model,
Locale locale) {
dataAccountCommand.setUserBean(getUser(request));
return "registerAccountView";
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/accounts/saveaccount.do", method = RequestMethod.POST)
private String saveAccount ( #ModelAttribute("dataAccountCommand") final DataAccountCommand dataAccountCommand,
BindingResult result,
HttpServletRequest request,
Model model,
Locale locale) {
return "registerAccountView";
}
}
the point is that when I put this in the browser
http://127.0.0.1:7001/devices_admin/accounts/manageaccount.do
I am redirected to the jsp, but when I put
http://127.0.0.1:7001/devices_admin/accounts/saveaccount.do
I have this error
URL: /devices_admin/accounts/saveaccount.do
???error404.error???
calling it from a jsp gives me the same result:
<form:form commandName="dataAccountCommand"
name="dataAccountForm"
id="dataAccountForm"
method="post"
action="${pageContext.servletContext.contextPath}/accounts/saveaccount.do"
htmlEscape="yes">
</form:form>

Answer 1

You can not invoke a POST method directly from the URL bar of your Browser. If you put something in the URL bar you are invoking the GET mehtod.
Instead you have to create a page with a form
<form method="POST" action="http://127.0.0.1:7001/devices_admin/accounts/saveaccount.do">
...
</form>
Or you can install a REST client in your browser and make the call directly using the POST method.