Spring MVC- returning string value from controller

Question

I am new to String, and now facing some staring issues with Spring MVC.

In my application I have view resolver which maps view names to respective JSP files.

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
    <property name="prefix"><value>/WEB-INF/pages/</value></property>
    <property name="suffix"><value>.jsp</value></property>
    <property name="order" value="1" />
</bean>

It is working as expected, but now need to call a method in controller and show returned string in view.

my URL of request looks like http://localhost:8015/demo/greet

And the method in my controller to server this request is

@RequestMapping("/greet")
    public String user(User user) {
        return "Hi User";

    }

When i call this url from browser, given method in browser get invoked, and when it returns a string, InternalResourceViewResolver try to find a page /WEB-INF/pages/greet.jsp, and as it doesn't exist, user gets 404 error. How can i send raw String from my controller method to browser?

Add @ResponseBody to the method.

M. Deinum
– M. Deinum

2015-09-16 09:00:01 +00:00
Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 9:00 — M. Deinum
– M. Deinum, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 9:00
stackoverflow.com/questions/7672858/…

ccheneson
– ccheneson

2015-09-16 09:01:17 +00:00
Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 9:01 — ccheneson
– ccheneson, Commented Sep 16, 2015 at 9:01

Neeraj Gupta · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-16 09:12:13Z

3

Just change your controller code as below

@RequestMapping("/greet")
    public @ResponseBody String user(User user) {
        return "Hi User";

    }

See documentation of ResponseBody here

edited Sep 16, 2015 at 9:12

answered Sep 16, 2015 at 9:01

Neeraj Gupta

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Amila · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-16 09:02:55Z

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Try:

@RequestMapping("/greet")
    public @ResponseBody String user(User user) {
        return "Hi User";
    }

answered Sep 16, 2015 at 9:02

Amila

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