Spring控制器@RequestMapping for Included JSP

Question

Through out my site, all jsp pages include bodyHeader.jsp. I have to query db to populate some fields on bodyHeader.jsp. I mapped the header jsp in my controller, i do NOT want this method to be triggered on every page. Well this method is not be called, what I am missing?

In very jsp:

<jsp:include page="/fragments/bodyHeader.jsp"/>

In controller:

@RequestMapping(value = "/fragments/bodyHeader", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public void getCategoryList(Model aaModel) {

    aaModel.addAttribute("categories", this.caService.findCategoryByLevel(0));
}

Answer 1

For building page layout I recommend using Apache Tiles. The pages will be assembled from fragments at runtime.

To use Apache Tiles you can add TilesViewResolver as Spring component:

...
<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesViewResolver">
...

and also TilesConfigurer :

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.tiles2.TilesConfigurer">
    <property>
        <list>
            <value>/WEB-INF/views/**/views.xml</value>
        </list>
    </property>
</bean>

Tiles template views.xml :

...
<tiles-definition>
    <definition name="template" template="/WEB_INF/views/common_template.jsp">
        <put-attribute name="header" value="/WEB_INF/views/tiles/header.jsp"/>
        <put-attribute name="side" value="/WEB_INF/views/tiles/side.jsp"/>
        ...
    </definition>
    <definition name="main" extends="template">
        <put-attribute name="content" value="/WEB-INF/views/main.jsp"/>
    </definition>
</tiles-definition>

See Also:

• Apache Tiles
• Is including other JSP via the Spring MVC framework a good idea?
• Templates in a Spring MVC web application
• How do I add .jsp headers and footers to my Spring MVC web app?