How to load the data in index page using spring mvc? - spring

Question

I tried couple of Tutorial in Spring-MVC to load the data in index page without using ajax call means before loading the index page I want to get the data from server and load the data into the index page.but did not get proper answer.

Answer 1

Finally after couple of try i got the answer.here is my code.
web.xml
<display-name>SpringTest</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<servlet-class> org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
My Controller
#Controller
public class WebController {
#Autowired
private EmployeeService empService;
#RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView index() {
List<Employee> empList = empService.getAllEmployee();
Collections.sort(empList, new EmployeeSortById());
ModelAndView modelMap = new ModelAndView("index","employeeList", empList);
System.out.println("Calling controller");
return modelMap;
}
}
spring-context.xml
<context:component-scan base-package="com.app.controller,com.app.dao.impl,com.app.service.impl" />
<mvc:annotation-driven/>
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/pages/" />
<property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
</bean>