Spring MVC InternalResourceViewResolver example

In Spring MVC, InternalResourceViewResolver is used to resolve “internal resource view” (in simple, it’s final output, jsp or htmp page) based on a predefined URL pattern. In additional, it allow you to add some predefined prefix or suffix to the view name (prefix + view name + suffix), and generate the final view page URL.

Following example show you how InternalResourceViewResolver works :

1. Controller

A controller class to return a view, named “WelcomePage“.

//...
public class WelcomeController extends AbstractController{
	
	@Override
	protected ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest request,
		HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {

		ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("WelcomePage");
		
		return model;
	}
}

2. InternalResourceViewResolver

Register InternalResourceViewResolver bean in the Spring’s bean configuration file.

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
	http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">

   <bean 
   class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping" />
	
	<!-- Register the bean -->
	<bean class="com.mkyong.common.controller.WelcomeController" />

	<bean id="viewResolver"
    	      class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" >
              <property name="prefix">
                  <value>/WEB-INF/pages/</value>
               </property>
              <property name="suffix">
                 <value>.jsp</value>
              </property>
        </bean>

</beans>

Now, Spring will resolve the view’s name “WelcomePage” in the following way :

prefix + view name + suffix = /WEB-INF/pages/WelcomPage.jsp

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Reference

1. InternalResourceViewResolver documentation