SpringMVC+FreeMarker（FTL）Integration example

File: /WebContent/WEB-INF/web.xml

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" ?>

< web-app xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

         xmlns = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"

         xmlns:web = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"

         xsi:schemaLocation = "http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"

         id = "WebApp_ID" version = "3.0" >

         

   < display-name >Freemarker_SpringMVC_example</ display-name >

   < welcome-file-list >

     < welcome-file >index.html</ welcome-file >

     < welcome-file >index.jsp</ welcome-file >

   </ welcome-file-list >

 

   < servlet >

         < servlet-name >spring</ servlet-name >

         < servlet-class >

             org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet

         </ servlet-class >

         < load-on-startup >1</ load-on-startup >

     </ servlet >

     < servlet-mapping >

         < servlet-name >spring</ servlet-name >

         < url-pattern >*.html</ url-pattern >

     </ servlet-mapping >

</ web-app >

File: /WebContent/WEB-INF/spring-servlet.xml

<? xml version = "1.0" encoding = "UTF-8" ?>

< beans xmlns = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"

     xmlns:xsi = "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

     xmlns:p = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"

     xmlns:context = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"

     xsi:schemaLocation = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd                http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd" >

 

     <!-- freemarker config -->

     < bean id = "freemarkerConfig" class = "org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerConfigurer" >

       < property name = "templateLoaderPath" value = "/WEB-INF/ftl/" />

     </ bean >

     

     <!--

       View resolvers can also be configured with ResourceBundles or XML files. If you need

       different view resolving based on Locale, you have to use the resource bundle resolver.

     -->

     < bean id = "viewResolver" class = "org.springframework.web.servlet.view.freemarker.FreeMarkerViewResolver" >

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

       < property name = "prefix" value = "" />

       < property name = "suffix" value = ".ftl" />

     </ bean >

 

     < context:component-scan

         base-package = "com.dufeng.core" />

          

</ beans >

File: com/dufeng/core/UserController.java

package com.dufeng.core ;

 

import java.util.ArrayList;

import java.util.List;

 

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;

import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

 

@Controller

public class UserController {

     /**

      * Static list of users to simulate Database

      */

     private static List<User> userList = new ArrayList<User>();

 

     //Initialize the list with some data for index screen

     static {

         userList.add( new User( "Bill" , "Gates" ));

         userList.add( new User( "Steve" , "Jobs" ));

         userList.add( new User( "Larry" , "Page" ));

         userList.add( new User( "Sergey" , "Brin" ));

         userList.add( new User( "Larry" , "Ellison" ));

     }

 

     /**

      * Saves the static list of users in model and renders it

      * via freemarker template.

      *

      * @param model

      * @return The index view (FTL)

      */

     @RequestMapping (value = "/index" , method = RequestMethod.GET)

     public String index( @ModelAttribute ( "model" ) ModelMap model) {

 

         model.addAttribute( "userList" , userList);

 

         return "index" ;

     }

 

     /**

      * Add a new user into static user lists and display the

      * same into FTL via redirect

      *

      * @param user

      * @return Redirect to /index page to display user list

      */

     @RequestMapping (value = "/add" , method = RequestMethod.POST)

     public String add( @ModelAttribute ( "user" ) User user) {

 

         if ( null != user && null != user.getFirstname()

                 && null != user.getLastname() && !user.getFirstname().isEmpty()

                 && !user.getLastname().isEmpty()) {

 

             synchronized (userList) {

                 userList.add(user);

             }

 

         }

 

         return "redirect:index.html" ;

     }

 

}

File:com/dufeng/core/User.java

package com.dufeng.core ;

 

public class User {

     private String firstname;

     private String lastname;

 

     public User() {

     }

 

     public User(String firstname, String lastname) {

         this .firstname = firstname;

         this .lastname = lastname;

 

     }

 

     //Add Getter and Setter methods

 

}

File: /WebContent/WEB-INF/ftl/index.ftl

< html >

< head >< title >ViralPatel.net - FreeMarker Spring MVC Hello World</ title >

< body >

< div id = "header" >

< H2 >

     < a href = "http://viralpatel.net" >< img height = "37" width = "236" border = "0px" src = "http://viralpatel.net/blogs/wp-content/themes/vp/images/logo.png" align = "left" /></ a >

     FreeMarker Spring MVC Hello World

</ H2 >

</ div >

 

< div id = "content" >

     

   < fieldset >

     < legend >Add User</ legend >

   < form name = "user" action = "add.html" method = "post" >

     Firstname: < input type = "text" name = "firstname" /> < br />

     Lastname: < input type = "text" name = "lastname" />   < br />

     < input type = "submit" value = "   Save   " />

   </ form >

   </ fieldset >

   < br />

   < table class = "datatable" >

     < tr >

         < th >Firstname</ th >  < th >Lastname</ th >

     </ tr >

     <#list model["userList"] as user>

     < tr >

         < td >${user.firstname}</ td > < td >${user.lastname}</ td >

     </ tr >

     </#list>

   </ table >

 

</ div > 

</ body >

</ html >