Spring MVC framework[2] Controller

All contents are referenced from Spring in Action 

Controller Class:

//@Controller annotation indicates that this class is a controller class. This annotation
// is a specialization of the  @Component annotation, which means that <context:component-scan>
// will pick up and register @Controller-annotated classes as beans,
// just as if they were annotated with @Component. 
@Controller
public class HomeController {
	public static final int DEFAULT_SPITTLES_PER_PAGE = 25;
	private SpitterService spitterService;
	
	@Inject //inject service 
	public HomeController(SpitterService spitterService) {
		this.spitterService = spitterService;
	}
	
	@RequestMapping({"/","/home"}) //request-handling method, the annotation Mapping URL to handler
	public String showHomePage(Map<String, Object> model) {
		model.put("spittles", spitterService.getRecentSpittles(
		DEFAULT_SPITTLES_PER_PAGE));
		return "home"; //return view name to DispatcherServlet so that it can use the name to consult View Resolver for real<span style="white-space:pre">				</span>// view implementation
	}
}

XXX-context.xml

	<!-- Enables the Spring MVC @Controller programming model -->
	<annotation-driven />
	
	<!--scan the package containing @Controller annotated class to create a controller bean -->
	<context:component-scan base-package="your.package.name" />