spring MVC sample web app

Question

I'm looking for an example Spring MVC 2.5 web app that I can easily:

• Setup as a project in Eclipse
• Deploy to a local app server (using Ant/Maven)

There are a couple of example applications included with the Spring distribution ('petclinic' and 'jpetstore'), but they don't provide any Eclipse project files (or a way to generate them). They also seem a bit complicated for my needs, e.g. require a local database to be setup.

Answer 1

To generate Eclipse project files: Use mvn eclipse:eclipse before importing the project into your workspace. This will create all required configuration files and hook your project up with all the required dependencies.

The mvc-basic and mvc-ajax sample projects in spring-samples (SVN URL: https://src.springframework.org/svn/spring-samples) are simple projects that do not need any local database support.

Answer 2

You can use below link to download hello world spring mvc project

Spring MVC hello world example

Answer 3

Just spotted http://blog.springsource.com/2010/07/22/spring-mvc-3-showcase/ which could be interessting for you.

Answer 4

I got it working just as Drew described, but there is a trap for new users (meaning fresh install, no familiarity with Maven or m2eclipse). You'll get this error:

[ERROR] Error executing Maven.
[ERROR] The specified user settings file does not exist: /home/user/.m2/settings.xml

And the work around is to just make an almost empty settings.xml:

<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
</settings>

(I later found this bug report.) After that, I was in business. I was even able to export as a WAR file and deploy onto my installation of WebSphere Community Edition. Thank you, Drew!

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A little less earlier, I wrote:

Hmph. Never mind. I gave up, shut down my machine, and when I came back, everything worked (except for a minor Maven issue I'm working on). Chalk it up to a bug.

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Earlier, I wrote:

I was very excited to hear about STS, so I downloaded and installed it. It went perfectly. This is a new machine, so I have the latest of everything - java 1.6, eclipse 3.5.1, etc.

On step 2 of the above instructions, I get this error: "The specified JRE installation does not exist"

I've set paths everywhere I can find, so I'm not sure which JRE it's complaining about. Help?

Answer 5

You could also use Spring Roo to do this. http://www.springsource.org/roo

Answer 6

There's a Maven archetype (template project structure) for Spring MVC here:

http://docs.codehaus.org/display/MAVENUSER/Archetypes+List

That's a good starting place for this kind of investigation. To create an archetype using Maven, first install Maven:

http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-install-plugin/

and then create a project using the archetype:

http://maven.apache.org/guides/introduction/introduction-to-archetypes.html

You can also use the m2eclipse plugin for Eclipse to simplify this and it takes you through the stages of the project using a wizard. Just right click -> New Project -> Other, Maven and select the archetype. Hope that helps.