Spring MVC PropertiesMethodNameResolver example

PropertiesMethodNameResolver, a flexible MultiActionController method name resolver, to define the mapping between the URL and method name explicitly. See following example :

1. MultiActionController

A MultiActionController example.

package com.mkyong.common.controller;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.MultiActionController;

public class CustomerController extends MultiActionController{

    public ModelAndView add(HttpServletRequest request,
        HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

        return new ModelAndView("CustomerPage", "msg","add() method");

    }

    public ModelAndView delete(HttpServletRequest request,
        HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

        return new ModelAndView("CustomerPage", "msg","delete() method");

    }

    public ModelAndView update(HttpServletRequest request,
        HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

        return new ModelAndView("CustomerPage", "msg","update() method");

    }

    public ModelAndView list(HttpServletRequest request,
        HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

        return new ModelAndView("CustomerPage", "msg","list() method");

    }

}

2. PropertiesMethodNameResolver

With PropertiesMethodNameResolver, you can map whatever URL name to corresponds method name easily :

<beans ...>

 <bean 
  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping" />

 <bean class="com.mkyong.common.controller.CustomerController">
   <property name="methodNameResolver">
    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.PropertiesMethodNameResolver">
      <property name="mappings">
    <props>
       <prop key="/customer/a.htm">add</prop>
       <prop key="/customer/b.htm">update</prop>
       <prop key="/customer/c.htm">delete</prop>
       <prop key="/customer/d.htm">list</prop>
       <prop key="/customer/whatever.htm">add</prop>
    </props>
       </property>
     </bean>
    </property>
  </bean>

</beans>

Now, the URL will map to the method name in the following pattern :

    /customer/a.htm –> add() method
    /customer/b.htm –> update() method
    /customer/c.htm –> delete() method
    /customer/d.htm –> list() method
    /customer/whatever.htm –> add() method

Note
By default, MultiActionController is used the InternalPathMethodNameResolver to map URL to the corresponds method name.