Question

do all java mvc based frameworks require you to wire up each and every file in a config file?

like in .net you can create generic routes that map to things like:

controller/action/parameter

I’m currently reading up on spring, but haven’t reach the MVC part yet.

Answer 1

Spring MVC allows this thing then org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping is active, for example, given config:

<beans ...>

<context:component-scan base-package="some.controllers" />

<bean class = "org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping" />

</beans>

And controller implementation:

package some.controllers;

...

@Controller
public class SampleController {

    @RequestMapping
    public String hello() {
        ...
    }

    @RequestMapping
    public String bye() {
        ...
    }
}

URLs /sample/hello and /sample/bye will be mapped to the corresponding methods.
For controller/action/parameter kind of mapping controller looks so:

@RequestMapping("/hello/{parameter}")
public String hello(@PathVariable("parameter") String parameter) {
    ...
}