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Prerequistes

Configuration

MediaConfig.java

You have to define the following beans :

@Configuration
public class MediaConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
 
	@Override
	public void configureContentNegotiation(ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) {
		configurer
		//.ignoreAcceptHeader(true)
		.defaultContentType(MediaType.TEXT_HTML)
		.favorPathExtension(true);
	}
 
	/*
	 * Configure ContentNegotiatingViewResolver
	 */
	@Bean
	public ViewResolver contentNegotiatingViewResolver(ContentNegotiationManager manager) {
		ContentNegotiatingViewResolver resolver = new ContentNegotiatingViewResolver();
		resolver.setContentNegotiationManager(manager);
 
		// Define all possible view resolvers
		List<ViewResolver> resolvers = new ArrayList<>();
		resolver.setViewResolvers(resolvers);
		return resolver;
	}

Model

Let’s deal with the following model :

@XmlRootElement(name = "contact")
@Entity
@Table(name="CONTACTS")
public class Contact {
 
	@Id
	@Column(name="ID")
	@GeneratedValue
	private Integer id;
 
	@Column(name="FIRSTNAME")
	private String firstname;
 
	@Column(name="LASTNAME")
	private String lastname;
 
	@Column(name="EMAIL")
	private String email;
 
	@Column(name="TELEPHONE")
	private String telephone;
 
 
	public String getEmail() {
		return email;
	}
	public String getTelephone() {
		return telephone;
	}
	public void setEmail(String email) {
		this.email = email;
	}
	public void setTelephone(String telephone) {
		this.telephone = telephone;
	}
	public String getFirstname() {
		return firstname;
	}
	public String getLastname() {
		return lastname;
	}
	public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
		this.firstname = firstname;
	}
	public void setLastname(String lastname) {
		this.lastname = lastname;
	}
	public Integer getId() {
		return id;
	}
	public void setId(Integer id) {
		this.id = id;
	}
}

RestController

The rest controller can have the following implementation:

@RestController
public class RestApiController {
 
  @RequestMapping(value = "/rest", method = RequestMethod.GET)
  public Contact rest(Map<String, Object> map) {
		Contact contact = new Contact();
		contact.setId(0);
		contact.setEmail("john.doe@mail.com");
		contact.setFirstname("john");
		contact.setLastname("doe");
		contact.setTelephone("123456");
		return Contact;
  }
}

TilesController

The tiles controller can have the following implementation:

@Controller
public class TilesController {
 
  @RequestMapping(value = "/contact", method = RequestMethod.GET)
  public String contact(Map<String, Object> map) {
		Contact contact = new Contact();
		contact.setId(0);
		contact.setEmail("john.doe@mail.com");
		contact.setFirstname("john");
		contact.setLastname("doe");
		contact.setTelephone("123456");
 
		model.addAttribute("contact", contact);
                return "/model/contact/read";
  }
}

How to use it

html view

If you request url : http://localhost:8080/contact.html, you will be redirected to the jsp view (i.e. model/contact/read.jsp file) :

<!DOCTYPE html>
 
<html>
  <head>
  </head>
 
<body>
 
<h2>Header</h2>
 
 <ul>
   <li id="contact-id">0</li>
   <li id="contact-firstname">john</li>
   <li id="contact-lastname">doe</li>
   <li id="contact-email">john.doe@mail.com</li>
   <li id="contact-telephone">123456</li>
 
 </ul>
 
<h2>Footer</h2>
</body>
</html>

json view

If you request url : http://localhost:8080/rest.json, you will be redirected to the json view :

{"contact":{"id":0,"firstname":"john","lastname":"doe","email":"john.doe@mail.com","telephone":"123456"}}

xml view

If you request url : http://localhost:8080/rest.xml , you will be redirected to the xml view :

<contact>
  <email>john.doe@mail.com</email>
  <firstname>john</firstname>
  <id>0</id>
  <lastname>doe</lastname>
  <telephone>123456</telephone>
</contact>

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Java Spring - tiles+rest