Introduction of Spring MVC

Spring MVC

  ü  Spring MVC is Web Framework like Struts1, Struts2, and JSF

  ü  Spring MVC is used to develop web application easily and quickly with less maintenance.

  ü  Spring MVC covers Web Layer which includes Presentation layer and Controller Layer.

  ü  Spring MVC is implemented based on :

·         MVC Architecture

·         Front Controller design pattern

·         Servlets and JSP

Framework	Front Controller
Struts1	ActionServlet
Struts2	FilterDispatcher
JSF	FacesServlets
Spring MVC	DispatcherServlet

• Spring MVC tutorial provides an elegant solution to use MVC in spring framework by the help of DispatcherServlet.

• In Spring Web MVC, DispatcherServlet class works as the front controller. It is responsible to manage the flow of the spring mvc application.

• The @Controller annotation is used to mark the class as the controller in Spring 3.

• The @RequestMapping annotation is used to map the request url. It is applied on the method.