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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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