Sending Java Beans From An Applet to A Servlet

Question

I'm looking at sending a complex data type [a serialized java bean (strings, map, and an image)] from an applet to a Spring structured web application.

How would I send the bean? I'm assuming that I would create a URLConnection , and then send out a post with a serialized version of the bean.

How would I set up spring to catch this on the Server side? [Would I use a @RequestParam or @ModelAttribute ]

Both the applet and the server have access to the model.

Answer 1

It depends on how you serialize it. If it is JSON, you can use @RequestBody , if it is binary (base64 string), it should be @RequestParam , and then you should deserialize it.