Spring Mvc

Front 1

In Spring MVC, what is the central object that a user first connects to through a web browser?

Back 1

the DispatcherServlet

Front 2

What are the typical Spring MVC controllers to subclass from? (without annotations)

Back 2

-- AbstractController
-- AbstractCommandController
-- SimpleFormController

Front 3

What is the method for the Controller interface in Spring MVC? (without annotations)

Back 3

public interface Controller {

public ModelAndView handleRequest(
HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response)
throws Exception;

}

Front 4

What are the DispatcherServlet initialization parameters?

Back 4

contextClass -- class that implements Web application context (XmlWebApplicationContext by default)

contextConfigLocation -- String that states where contexts are defined. If beans are defined with the same number of multiple contexts, the last one in wins.

namespace -- the namespace of the WebApplicationContext (by default, it's [servlet-name]-servlet.xml

Front 5

What is a ViewResolver in Spring MVC?

Back 5

A View Resolver is a component that is capable of resolving view names to views.

Front 6

In Spring MVC, what are Handler Mappings?

Back 6

Handler Mappings handle the execution of a list of pre- and post-processors and controllers that will be executed if they match certain criteria.

(e.g., a matching URL specified with the controller)

Front 7

<web-app>
...
<servlet>
<servlet-name>golfing</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org....DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
...
</web-app>

Given this web.xml file, what other file by default MUST appear in WEB-INF?

Back 7

golfing-servlet.xml

The naming convention for Spring MVC web configs is [servlet-name]-servlet.xml

Front 8

What is the main class that operates as a front controller for Spring MVC?

Back 8

DispatcherServlet