Mastering Spring 5.0

The Controller method to show the form

Let's start with creating a simple controller with a logger:

    @Controller     public class UserController {       private Log logger = LogFactory.getLog       (UserController.class);      }

Let's add the following method to the controller:

    @RequestMapping(value = "/create-user",      method = RequestMethod.GET)     public String showCreateUserPage(ModelMap model) {       model.addAttribute("user", new User());       return "user";    }

Important things to note are as follows:

• @RequestMapping(value = "/create-user", method = RequestMethod.GET): We are mapping a /create-user URI. For the first time, we are specifying a Request method using the method attribute. This method will be invoked only for HTTP Get Requests. HTTP Get Requests are ...