I felt I didn't have a good understanding of Spring MVC until I understood the lifecycle of the controller. Not being able to find any good resources that showed the workflow step by step, I created this flowchart of the SimpleFormController.
In a single page cheat sheet format, I've found it handy to keep it on my desk. For the beginner, it should be used in conjunction with the API, and nothing beats firing up a debugger and stepping through the code yourself. Once you understand the SimpleFormController, you can easily understand the WizardFormController or create your own custom controller.
I hope someone will find this useful. Please leave comments and let me know if anything is wrong, or if there are any suggestions. Cheers!
SimpleFormController Cheat Sheet
Very handy, they should include this in the spring manual!
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Dude, This is awesome! I just recently did this exercise myself (using a debugger). I simply noted the stack trace in a text file, but your diagram, however, is much more useful. Thanks, Guest
ReplyDeleteAnyone using Spring should have a copy of this chart readily available. Its the big picture consolidated onto one page! Very cool...
ReplyDeleteThis was so helpful - thanks.
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Its great. Thanks for all the work put into it
ReplyDeleteThanks for the excellent work and effort! Your diagram is very useful.
ReplyDeleteAwesome work! It really helps as a dashboard view. Flow diagram snapshot covers pages of documentation.
ReplyDeleteRespect man, respect!
ReplyDeleteJust what I was looking for.
great great help man, this certainly helped simply my model, otherwise i was using cryptic mechanisms to identify formChange :)
ReplyDeleteThanks. Just what i needed. 5 out of 5.
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot! You save a big amount of time for me!
ReplyDeleteThe most useful Spring-related piece of info all over the web. Made me move out from quick-sands...
ReplyDeleteGreat work, I would like to use this as an image for a presentation I am doing on spring to an OWASP (http://www.owasp.org) meeting in NYC. This is non-profit event.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the comments, nice to see that this is still useful!
ReplyDeleteI was recently lucky enough to see Rod Johnson give a presentation on Spring 2.5, in particular the Spring MVC annotation support.
By not needing to extend the standard base classes, i think it can drastically simplify the framework.
Won't need my cheat sheet anymore! =) Can't wait to try it out!
I hope this will be helpfull for me, it's just what i was seeking for.
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Great flow diagram! I put it on the wall of whatever shop I go to. Good conversation piece. ;)
ReplyDeleteAny plans on diagramming the AbstractWizardFormController or Web Flow?
This diagram visualizes very well what is wrong with Spring MVC: Philosophy of "Overwrite what you want" makes it easily the most complex web framework ever created.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it seems like there was somekind of competition going on, who can make the most incomprehensible Java framework.
Very helpful! I was just struggling understanding the SimpleFormController and this will expedite my learning.
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Very useful to teach new Spring users.
ReplyDeleteThis Flow is a little complicated, but with your document, is very easy !
Thanks ;)
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Wow, thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is the most useful thing I've seen in a while!
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Good job. It gave all the info i was looking for
ReplyDeleteawesum work... I was drawing this using a pen & paper but when i saw this diagram it really made me very happyyyyyyy......Thanks bro
ReplyDeleteGreat work, I have a copy hanging over my computer.
ReplyDeleteOne mistake in the flowchart that I bumped into:
In column B, if suppressValidation returns TRUE, the onBindAndValidate(..) is still called in BaseCommandController.bindAndValidate in Spring 2.0.x. The suppressValidation() only affects the invocation of the validators.
Please keep up the great work. If possible pls make one for spring and hibernate work flow diagram
ReplyDeleteThanks, mate. This is incredibly useful. Our team has had a very confusing time trying to get our heads around the workflow of the myriad of controllers in Spring MVC.
ReplyDeleteAwesome flowchart . Incredibly simple and elegant way of explaining the controller life cycle. Way to go !!
ReplyDeleteGreat job, very useful. Just one thing, you might want to add referenceData() to the chart.
ReplyDeleteOops, nevermind, I missed it first time looking. Perfect!
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ReplyDeleteOh this is perfect, Thank You!!!
ReplyDeleteI've been looking for something like this for a long time. Now I can see what method I need to override to do what I want to do.
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Thanks a lot. I needed a break down to do some custom routing, and this helps.
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