Spring Cookbook

Using a JSP view

In this recipe, you'll learn how to render and return a JSP view after the execution of a controller method.

How to do it…

Here are the steps to create a JSP view:

1. Add the Maven dependency for JSTL in pom.xml:

   <dependency>
     <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
     <artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
     <version>1.2</version>
   </dependency>

2. Add a JSP view resolver to the Spring configuration class:

   @Bean
   public ViewResolver jspViewResolver(){
       InternalResourceViewResolver resolver = new InternalResourceViewResolver();
       resolver.setViewClass(JstlView.class);
       resolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/jsp/");
       resolver.setSuffix(".jsp");
       return resolver;
   }

3. Create a controller method:

   @RequestMapping("/user/list")
   public void userList() {
     ...
   }

4. Create the /WEB-INF/jsp/user/list.jsp ...