Question

I am newbie to Play 2 framework. How can I print ‘HELLO WORLD’ text in web browser without using any view file.

I have setup route file as below :

# Routes
# This file defines all application routes (Higher priority routes first)
# ~~~~

# Home page
GET /                        controllers.Mantra.index()

# Map static resources from the /public folder to the /assets URL path
GET     /assets/*file               controllers.Assets.at(path="/public", file)

My controller is as below:

package controllers;

import play.*;
import play.mvc.*;
import play.data.*;
import play.data.validation.Constraints.*;

import java.util.*;
import views.html.*;


public class Mantra extends Controller  {


  public static Result index(){
     return ok(index.render("HELLO WOLRD"));

  }

}

I have tried many times, but it is still showing default page. Can some one guide what Iam doing wrong and how it can be rectified.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Use:

public static Result index(){
     return ok("HELLO WORLD");

}

ie, call the ok() method which take only a String as parameter.