[#APF-984] Upgrade Spring MVC Controllers to use annotations

AppFuse

Upgrade Spring MVC Controllers to use annotations

Created: 17/Dec/07 03:37 PM Updated: 10/Oct/08 08:55 AM

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Web - Spring

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BaseController.java (6 kb)
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UserController.java (4 kb)

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Upgrade Spring MVC Controller classes to use annotations:
http://blog.interface21.com/main/2007/11/14/annotated-web-mvc-controllers-in-spring-25/

Form Controllers which extend BaseFormController (and in turn, Spring's SimpleFormController) can make use of the @RequestMapping annotation to define their request mappings:
org.appfuse.web.controller.FileUploadController
org.appfuse.web.controller.SignUpController
org.appfuse.web.controller.UserFormController

Other controllers should be rewritten to be annotation-based controllers, with the @Controller annotation:
org.appfuse.webapp.controller.PasswordHintController
org.appfuse.webapp.controller.UserController

Tutorials should also be updated.

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Matt Raible - 17/Dec/07 03:41 PM

While I like the annotation-based features added to Spring MVC, I'm not convinced they're better than extending classes (SimpleFormController and implementing Controller). Also, does putting URLs in Java code make sense? I think it's best to discuss this on the user list and see what people think.

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Marcello Teodori - 31/Jul/08 04:11 AM

Wouldn't it make sense to use a mixed approach to get the benefit of annotations while keeping URL mappings in a single location, like the one proposed here:
http://blog.springsource.com/main/2008/03/23/using-a-hybrid-annotations-xml-approach-for-request-mapping-in-spring-mvc/
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Donny A. Wijaya - 10/Oct/08 08:49 AM

A controller that has similar BaseFormController functionalities. This controller is for Spring 2.5 annotated MVC.

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Donny A. Wijaya - 10/Oct/08 08:51 AM

An example of class extending BaseController.

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Donny A. Wijaya - 10/Oct/08 08:55 AM

Sorry this looks like Spam. You can delete all my comments above. I thought when I comment on each file the comments would appear next to the file. Sorry about this.

Anyway I created a BaseController for Spring Annotated MVC. I also provided an example class using this BaseController. Sorry for not providing the other classes. But the other classes are DTOs and nothing much. I hope these two classes could be helpful.

Regards

Donny