How do I map this URL to a Spring controller method? - spring

Question

I'm using Spring 3.1.1.RELEASE. I'm having fits mapping URLs to controller methods. I would like to map the URL "/my-context-path/organizations/add" to the controller method below. In my controller, I have
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/organizations")
public class OrganizationController
{
…
#RequestMapping(value = "/add", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView doGetadd()
{
… do some stuff …
return new ModelAndView("organizations/add");
} // doGetadd
In my web.xml I have
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5">
<display-name>SB Admin</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>2</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/organizations/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
and in my dispathcer-servlet.xml I have
...
<!-- Enable annotation driven controllers, validation etc... -->
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<context:component-scan base-package="org.myco.subco" />
<bean id="viewResolver"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="prefix">
<value>/WEB-INF/views/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>
but requests for my desired context-path result in "No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/myproject-1.0-SNAPSHOT/organizations/add] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher" errors (using JBoss 7). How do I map this thing properly? Note that I have multiple methods in my controller that I want to different URLs within the "/organizations" space.

Answer 1

Try this.
Change the dispatcher servlet mapping to :
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
And for the OrganizationController the mapping would be
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/organizations")
public class OrganizationController
And for the ContractsController the mapping would be
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/contracts")
public class OrganizationController

Answer 2

According to the Spring Doc the ModelAndView constructor parameter is the name of the view file.
So that file could be addView.jsp .
As well as the fact that you're (as far as my Spring knowledge goes) actually mapping it to /Application-Name/organizations/organizations/add due to :
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/organizations/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
And
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/organizations")
public class OrganizationController
I'd recommend changing the requestmapping from the controller to
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/")
public class OrganizationController
The <url-pattern>/organizations/</url-pattern> basiccally defines the 'virtual path' on which your site will be accessible.
Al mappings you do on controllers will append to it, makeing it /organizations/whateverpagecomeshere.jsp
And make sure that View file exists !