Why can't my Spring MVC controller mapping reference another mapping in the same controller? - spring

Question

I have the following controller mapped as
#Controller( value = "stockToStoreController" )
#RequestMapping("/stsr")
public class StockToStoreController extends BaseController {...}
I have a delete mapping
#Transactional(propagation = Propagation.REQUIRED)
#RequestMapping(value = "/delete")
public String delete(#RequestParam("xxxId") long xxxId) {
XXXModel xxxModel = stockToStoreDao.findById(xxxId);
if(xxxModel != null) {
xxxDao.delete(xxxModel);
}
return "/stsr/requery";
}
That mapping looks like this
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#RequestMapping(value = "/requery")
public ModelAndView requery(HttpServletRequest request) {
ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("manageStockToStore");
//do stuff
return mav;
}
I try to call another mapping in the return ie., return "/stsr/requery"; I get
the following error:
Uncaught exception thrown in one of the service methods of the servlet: mptstp. Exception thrown : javax.servlet.ServletException: Could not resolve view with name '/stsr/requery' in servlet with name 'xxx'
Question is, do I need to explicitly define this mapping somewhere? I do not have any MappingHandlers defined and my -servlet.xml looks like
<!-- Configures the #Configuration annotation for java configuration -->
<context:annotation-config/>
<!-- Scans the classpath of this application for #Components to deploy as beans -->
<context:component-scan base-package="xxx.testspringmvc.stsr" />
<!-- Configures the #Controller programming model -->
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<!-- Configures resources so they can be used across web modules -->
<mvc:resources mapping="/resources/**" location="/, classpath:/META-INF/public-resources/" />
<!-- Application Message Bundle -->
<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource">
<property name="basenames" value="classpath:META-INF/public-resources/mptstp-messages, classpath:META-INF/public-resources/mptstp-error-messages, classpath:META-INF/public-resources/stsr/stsr-messages" />
<property name="cacheSeconds" value="0" />
</bean>
<!-- Spring MVC View Resolver -->
<bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ResourceBundleViewResolver">
<property name="basename" value="stsr-views" />
<property name="defaultParentView" value="parentView"/>
</bean>
<mvc:interceptors>
<mvc:interceptor>
<mvc:mapping path="/**"/>
<bean id="urlConfiguredSiteIdInterceptor" class="xxx.testspringmvc.stsr.interceptor.UrlConfiguredSiteIdInterceptor">
<property name="siteIdConfigParamName" value="urlConfiguredSiteId" />
<property name="errorView" value="siteIdNotFound" />
</bean>
</mvc:interceptor>
</mvc:interceptors>
Any help from you guys would be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Two options:
you can redirect return "redirect:/stsr/requery"
you can directly invoke the other method: return requery(request);

Answer 2

It's looking for a view and you want a mapping. You have to use a redirect:
return "redirect:/stsr/requery";