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Now nothing official about Handling the HTML
Form in our MVC Application.
Now we will see ---------- how we can handle get
and post requests using Spring MVC Framework.
Here we will see a vital use of @RequestParam
Annotation.
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In turn ---------- we will see how to handle HTML
Form in our Spring MVC Application
Just to save some time I have already created
some ultra simple codes which we will discuss
during our session
Let us first discuss ----------- What this whole
application is all about ------------------
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When we run this application on server ------------
The client will enter an URL on browser.
And it will get following response
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Our Spring MVC application will send a form to a
client and subsequently the client will fill up the form
with all the required values.
And then it will submit the form back to the
application.
Once this data is received by the Spring MVC
Application on the server ---------- it will process the
data and generates a response in terms of
confirmation message.
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Now these are simple steps to follow
Creating a StudentAdmissionController.Java class
Creating AdmissionForm.JSP
Creating AdmissionSuccess.JSP.
So first create the said Controller Class.
This class will have two methods
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This class will have two methods
getAdmissionForm()
submitAdmissionForm()
The application will also have 2 JSPs
AdmissionFrom.JSP
AdmissionSuccess.JSP
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When the client will enter and hit following URL
----------------
The request will reach to this application
And here the Front Controller of this application
will make a call to this method in Controller Class.
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But importantly ----------- how it will decide to
make a call to this method only amongst all
other methods which are present in this
application ??
Simply --------- By analyzing two things for this
incoming URL request ----
First thing ---------- Off Course ------ the pattern
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First thing ---------- Off Course ------ the pattern
Of this highlighted URL -------------------
If the pattern of this URL is matching with the
pattern specified in @RequestMapping
Annotation ----------------- it meets first criteria
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Now what is that extra line of code followed by
the pattern ???????
i.e. method = RequestMethod.GET
This is talking about the HTTP Request which client has
made.
We already have an idea about HTTP Get / Post
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So here ------------ When a client makes a request
to the application ----------- using this URL
That request can be of get type or post type
So when we write method = RequestMethod.GET
statement here -----------
It simply means that this method getAdmissionForm()
can process the requests which are of type get.
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When a client makes a request to the application
----------- using this URL
The browser by default makes a get request to a
server.
When this request hits our application ------------
the Front Controller receives it and makes a call
to the method getAdmissionForm()
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Here the matching comparison factors are ---
URL pattern ------- value="/admissionForm.html"
Request Method ------- method = RequestMethod.GET
So overall header of the method which receives a call
from Front Controller is as follows
@RequestMapping(value="/admissionForm.html", method = RequestMethod.GET )
public ModelAndView getAdmissionForm() {
ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("AdmissionForm");
return model }
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This method getAdmissionForm() is simply
returning ModelAndView object
Having view details “AdmissionForm” ----------
back to the front controller
The Front Controller straight away forwards
the request to the AdmissionForm.JSP
How ??????????
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How ??????????
This is done by the ViewResolver class and its
prefix and suffix properties
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Now when control reaches here in
AdmissionForm.JSP
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Now when client will submit this form on the
browser -----------
The request type which would reach the
application will be a POST type.
So the parameters for response creation will be
taken from this form.
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So next URL to be processed is as follows -----------
Why this is POST ???????
Because post method specified in the form and
the URL specified in the Action attribute.
And then further Front Controller will now make
a call to a method submitAdmissionForm().
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Now --------------- Importantly ------------- When
client submits this “AdmissionForm.JSP” form on
the browser -------------------- it will send values of
2 request parameters
studentName
studentHobby
This will reach up to the application via request.
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Now --------------- Most Importantly -------------
When client submits this “AdmissionForm.JSP”
form on the browser -------------------- it will send
values of 2 request parameters
studentName
studentHobby
This will reach up to the application via request.
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Now --------------- When the front controller --------
makes a call to second method i.e.
submitAdmissionForm() ------------
Here the @RequestParam annotation used in the
method would simply retrieve the values of
studentName and studentHobby (i.e. request
parameters from request) in body of method
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Here ----------- @RequestParam annotation will
simply bind the value of studentName with the
string type name variable.
Same will happen with student Hobby.
So further ------------------- in the method ----------
we can use --------- these values anywhere
---------- we want
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The method submitAdmissionForm() here
------------ is simply ----------- returning a
ModelAndView object back to the front
controller ---------------
Having view details --------------- as
“AdmissionSuccess” --------------- and the
message which has to be printed -------------- in
the response web page
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So once it prepares and submits ModelAndView
object back to Front Controller ----------------
Now the Front Controller ------------ as usual
---------------- uses the ViewResolver
And by using -------- View Name -------- prefix
-------- suffix values -----------------
Front Controller will forward the request to
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Off Course ----------------- Front Controller does
this --------------- with the help of view resolver
class.
And finally ------------------ the final response is
built in terms of --------------------
AdmissionSuccess.JSP ---------
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This JSP file is simply putting ------------------ the
Message value ------------------
Which has been set by the second method in the
controller ---------------- i.e.
submitAdmissionForm() ----------------
It may also have other HTML code.
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Now this response is sent back to Front
Controller ----------------------
And the Front Controller ---------------------- in turn
will send in to the client – browser.
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Some typical aspects of @RequestParam
Annotation ----------------
Here --------- when client submitted a form
----------- with may be --------- Sachin as a Name
---------- and music as a Hobby -------
Our application returned same values in the
response.
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Now what if the client ---------------- does not
provide the vaue of any parameter ???????
Our application will send back an empty string
back in the response.
What if --------------- I want to give some default
value to a Form Parameter ???????????
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We can do this mechanism --------------- for
default parameter ---------------------- by just
adding one more @RequestParam parameter
--------
@RequestMapping(value="/submitAdmissionForm.html", method =
RequestMethod.POST)
public ModelAndView submitAdmissionForm(@RequestParam(value =
“studentName”, defaultValue = “Mr. Bond” ) String name ,
@RequestParam(-----------------------------)
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We can do this mechanism --------------- for
default parameter ---------------------- by just
adding one more @RequestParam parameter
property
@RequestMapping(value="/submitAdmissionForm.html", method =
RequestMethod.POST)
public ModelAndView submitAdmissionForm(@RequestParam(value =
“studentName”, defaultValue = “Mr. Bond” ) String name ,
@RequestParam(-----------------------------)
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One more point -------------- regarding
@RequestParam Annotation -----------
Instead of specifying these multiple
@RequestParam Annotations ---------------
We can use only one @RequestParam Annotation
on a Map.
We have already done this in case @PathVariable
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@RequestMapping(value="/submitAdmissionForm.html", method =
RequestMethod.POST)
public ModelAndView submitAdmissionForm(@RequestParam
Map<String,String>
reqPar) {
String name = reqPar.get("studentName");
String hobby = reqPar.get("hobby");
ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("AdmissionSuccess");
model.addObject("msg","Details submitted by you:: Name: "+name+ ",
Hobby: " + hobby);
return model;
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One more point -------------- regarding
@RequestParam Annotation -----------
Instead of specifying these multiple
@RequestParam Annotations ---------------
We can use only one @RequestParam Annotation
on a Map.
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One more point -------------- regarding
@RequestParam Annotation -----------
Instead of specifying these multiple
@RequestParam Annotations ---------------
We can use only one @RequestParam Annotation
on a Map.
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