How to use controls in freemarker template?

Question

I used to work with VS.NET but now I need to edit some java mvc page.

It is using freemarker templates - I understood how to get data to view, but how to post data back to server?

I need controller sample with a simple textbox.

Answer 1

Freemarker is a general purpose templating engine, so you have to use pure HTTP form submit.

Put in your template:

<form method="post" action="/process">
  <input type="text" name="myData" />
  <input type="submit" />
</form>

Make sure that you have a server-side handler for http://<domain>/process URL.

Answer 2

If you want to deal with forms (or whatever real-world Web page development), first you need to chose a Web Application Framework, like Stripes, Spring, etc. FreeMarker alone is just a bare-bone template engine. Forms, or any Web-related feature has to be provided by the framework, usually by framework-specific FreeMarker directives.