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Java Spring Basics Modeling, Storing, and Presenting Data Feeding Data to Our Thymeleaf Templates

Posted by Simon Goodman
Simon Goodman
7,385 Points

Is there any specific reason why the @RequestMapping for the gifDetails method is called "gif"? @RequestMapping("/gif")

I see that the name of the Gif object is called "gif" and also the first value of the modelMap.put method is also "gif" , does the name of the value in @RequestMapping HAVE to match anything else in the gifDetails method?

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Kyle McCullen
Kyle McCullen
16,639 Points
Kyle McCullen
Kyle McCullen
16,639 Points

The first value in the modelMap.put method does not have to be gif. The value will determine how you access the properties of the gif object in the html code. Here are some scenarios.

// you place the gif object you created into the model

modelMap.put("gif", gif);

// To access properties of gif object in html file you use gif

<h4 th:text="${gif.username}"></h4>

If you want to change the "gif" in the modelMap.put to something else, like "changeFromGif" you have to change the access in the html file.

// Placing gif object into model

modelMap.put( "changeFromGif", gif);

// Accessing properties of gif object

<h4 th:text="${changeFromGif.username}"></h4>

The value in @RequestMapping(value="/gif") just means when a user goes to the /gif url, it will call the method below the request mapping annotation.

Hope this helps.