ModelAndView

In the above classes, we have the model object and return the view name separately in the methods but, the ModelAndView class does it slightly differently. In this, we will combine the view and data in a single object either with the help of the constructor or set by the setViewName() method of this class. So that with ModelAndView we can return the view and model in a single object.

Create a simple Controller named LoginController under the package src/main/java/com/example/springmodelsdemo/controller using the @Controller Annotation
Create a method to map it for login requests and pass a ModelAndView object to it, so Spring will provide it for us.
Either pass the view name in the constructor or set it by setViewName();
addObject(String name, Object obj) is used to add the objects to the Model object.
return the ModelAndView object to render the mentioned view in that object.

Java

// Controller layer for Login Page 
// Using ModelAndView 
  
package com.example.springmodelsdemo.controller; 
  
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller; 
import org.springframework.ui.Model; 
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap; 
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping; 
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam; 
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView; 
  
// A simple controller using spring 
// web annotations 
@Controller
public class LoginController { 
    
    // returning the login jsp 
    // for root of the webpage 
    @GetMapping("/")  
      public String home(){ 
        return "login.jsp"; 
    } 
  
    // mapping the /login request 
    // requestparam is used to get the value 
    // from get request parameters 
    // returns ModelAndView 
    @GetMapping("/login") 
    public ModelAndView loginActionUsingModelAndView( 
        @RequestParam("name") String name, 
        @RequestParam("password") String pass, 
        ModelAndView model 
    ){ 
        
        model.addObject("userName", name); 
        model.addObject("password", pass); 
        model.setViewName("result.jsp"); 
        
        return model; 
    } 
} 

Output:

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Model, ModelMap, ModelAndView in Spring MVC

Spring is one of the most used Java-based frameworks for creating enterprise-grade applications in Java. In that Spring MVC was one of the popular projects under the Spring family of Java projects. In this article, we will explore how Model, ModelMap, and ModelAndView work in Spring MVC.

Spring MVC follows the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern to break down the application into three individual components called MVC. Model, ModelMap, and ModelAndView create a flow of data from the Model and View in the MVC pattern.

To reduce the configuration works we will be using Spring Boot to bootstrap the Spring project.

Prerequisite:

To continue with this article you should be comfortable with the following topics to easily understand and go through the article.

Java – Core and Advanced Java
Servlets & JSP’s
Spring & Spring MVC
Maven & Eclipse or IDE which supports Java

Initial Setup:

Go to the Spring Starter set webpage to create a simple spring boot app.
Enter your required group and artifactId for the project.
Add the below dependencies.
- Spring Web for creating the MVC application
- Spring Devtools to automatically reload the app after changes.

spring starter

Download the zip, extract it, and open the project in your favorite IDE.

Open the pom.xml to add the tomcat-jasper library to the dependency of your project
spring mvc can work with .jsp files as a response.

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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"> 
  
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion> 
<parent> 
    <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
    <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId> 
    <version>3.2.0</version> 
    <relativePath /> <!-- lookup parent from repository -->
 </parent> 
    
 <groupId>com.example</groupId> 
 <artifactId>springmodelsdemo</artifactId> 
 <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version> 
 <name>springmodelsdemo</name> 
 <description>Demo project for spring model, modelmap, modelandview</description> 
 <properties> 
   <java.version>17</java.version> 
 </properties> 
    
<dependencies> 
    <dependency> 
      <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
      <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId> 
    </dependency> 
    <dependency> 
        <groupId>org.apache.tomcat</groupId> 
        <artifactId>tomcat-jasper</artifactId> 
        <version>10.1.16</version> 
    </dependency> 
    <dependency> 
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
        <artifactId>spring-boot-devtools</artifactId> 
        <scope>runtime</scope> 
        <optional>true</optional> 
    </dependency> 
    <dependency> 
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId> 
        <scope>test</scope> 
    </dependency> 
</dependencies> 
  
 <build> 
    <plugins> 
      <plugin> 
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId> 
        <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId> 
      </plugin> 
    </plugins> 
 </build> 
  
</project> 

Create a web app folder under the src/main parent directory to store the .jsp and static resources for the project.
Add the below styles under the resources/static/css/ with the file name style.css

This file contains all the style related to web design to make the center-aligned.

CSS

* { 
    font-size: 20px; 
    font-family: Verdana; 
} 
  
.container { 
    min-height: 100vh; 
    display: flex; 
    justify-content: center; 
    align-items: center; 
    flex-direction: column; 
    display: flex; 
} 
  
.row { 
    margin: 1rem; 
} 
  
.btn { 
    padding: 8px; 
    border-radius: 5px; 
}

Create a login.jsp file under the web app folder to host a form to pass some data to the Spring MVC, add the below code.

This HTML file contains the frontend form with two input fields i.e. username, password

HTML

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html"%> 
    
<!DOCTYPE html> 
<head> 
    <title>Welcome</title> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css"> 
</head> 
<body> 
    <div class="container"> 
        <form action="login"> 
            <div class="row"> 
                <label for="name">Enter your username:</label> <input type="text"
                    id="name" name="name"> 
            </div> 
            <div class="row"> 
                <label for="pass">Enter your Password:</label> <input
                    type="password" id="pass" name="password"> 
            </div> 
            <div class="row"> 
                <button class="btn">Submit</button> 
            </div> 
        </form> 
    </div> 
</body> 
</html>

After that create a result.jsp file under the web app folder to show the view of the resultant data from Spring MVC.

This HTML code contains frontend display of username and password stored in the previous page.

HTML

<%@ page language="java" contentType="text/html"%> 
<!DOCTYPE html> 
  <head> 
    <title>Welcome</title> 
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/style.css" /> 
  </head> 
  <body> 
      <div class="container"> 
          <div class="row">Your Username is: ${userName}</div> 
          <div class="row">Your Password is: ${password}</div> 
      </div> 
  </body> 
</html>

Now we have configured our project for the initial setup and can continue with the Model, ModelMap, and ModelAndView explanation.

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Initial Setup:

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