Different ways to perform Sample URL handler Mapping in Spring

Normally the SimpleUrlHandlerMapping is done inside the xxx-servlet.xml file that is inside the WEB-INF directory of your Spring project. There are different ways to do this and two ways can be described as below.

Sample

http://localhost:8080/Spring3/account/register.jsp

Method 1

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">

<property name="mappings">

<value>

/account/register.jsp=flowController

</value>

</property>

<property name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true"/>

</bean>

Method 2

<bean id="sampleMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">

<property name="mappings">

<props>

<prop key ="/account/register.jsp">

flowController

</prop>

</props>

</property>

<property name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true"/>

</bean>

flowController is an another bean id and that bean is refered whenever the relevant URL request comes.

Regards

Chathuranga Tennakoon