Table of Contents
1. Overview
This article contains spring boot form submit example using JSP. The form has been submitted using post method and the controller will handle post using @PostMapping annotation. Submitted data has been transferred to another JSP using ModelMap.
2. Example
spring boot form submit example
2.1 pom.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<groupId>spring-boot-example</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-form-submit-example</artifactId>
<version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<packaging>war</packaging>
<description>Here is example of spring boot form submit example</description>
<!-- Inherit defaults from Spring Boot -->
<parent>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
<version>1.5.4.RELEASE</version>
</parent>
<properties>
<maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
</properties>
<dependencies>
<!-- Provided -->
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <!-- for tomcat web container-->
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-tomcat</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.apache.tomcat.embed</groupId> <!--fot jap compilation need provide scope runtime or provided because it available in tomcat -->
<artifactId>tomcat-embed-jasper</artifactId>
<scope>runtime</scope> <!-- in my case provided not working so write runtime-->
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId> <!-- for jsp jstl tags-->
<artifactId>jstl</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> <!--its for spring mvc related -->
<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
</plugin>
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
<configuration>
<useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
</configuration>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>2.2 application.properties
spring.mvc.view.prefix: /WEB-INF/jsp/ spring.mvc.view.suffix: .jsp
2.3 SpringBootConfig
package com.javadeveloperzone;
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
import org.springframework.boot.web.support.SpringBootServletInitializer;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
/**
* Created by JavaDeveloperZone on 19-07-2017.
*/
@SpringBootApplication
@ComponentScan
// Using a root package also allows the @ComponentScan annotation to be used without needing to specify a basePackage attribute
public class SpringBootConfig extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
@Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
return application.sources(SpringBootConfig.class);
}
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
SpringApplication.run(SpringBootConfig.class, args); // it wil start application
}
}
2.4 EmployeeController
package com.javadeveloperzone.controller;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PostMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
/**
* Created by JavaDeveloperZone on 19-07-2017.
*/
@Controller
public class EmployeeController {
@GetMapping("getForm")
public String getForm() {
return "employeeFrom";
}
@PostMapping("/saveDetails") // it only support port method
public String saveDetails(@RequestParam("employeeName") String employeeName,
@RequestParam("employeeEmail") String employeeEmail,
ModelMap modelMap) {
// write your code to save details
modelMap.put("employeeName", employeeName);
modelMap.put("employeeEmail", employeeEmail);
return "viewDetails"; // welcome is view name. It will call welcome.jsp
}
}
2.5 employeeFrom.jsp
<html>
<head>
<title>spring boot form submit example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Employee Details</h2>
<form method="post" action="saveDetails"> // saveDetails url mapping in EmployeeController
Enter Employee Name : <input type="text" name="employeeName"/>
Enter Employee Email Address: <input type="email" name="employeeEmail">
<input type="submit" value="Submit">
</form>
</body>
</html>
2.6 viewDetails.jsp
<%--
Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
User: Lenovo
Date: 16-08-2017
Time: 08:02
To change this template use File | Settings | File Templates.
--%>
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<html>
<head>
<title>spring boot form submit example</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>spring boot form submit example</h1>
<h2> Details as submitted successfully </h2>
<h4> Employee Name : ${employeeName} </h4>
<h4> Employee Email : ${employeeEmail} </h4>
</body>
</html>
2.7 Output
spring boot form submit example form
After form submit:
spring boot form submit example form submit success
4. References
5. Source Code
spring-boot-form-submit-example (30 KB)
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