Question

I want to create a simple handler that performs a single task and then prints the word “Done” to the screen.

Do I need to create a View template or is there an easy way to print text to the screen without writing a template?

@RequestMapping(value = "/simple_handler", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public void simpleHandler(HttpServletRequest request, ModelMap model){
 this.carryOutSomeTask();
 // Print "Done" on the screen
}

Answer 1

See http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/mvc.html#mvc-ann-responsebody

You just have to use

 @RequestMapping(value = "/simple_handler", method = RequestMethod.GET)
 @ResponseBody
 public void simpleHandler(HttpServletRequest request, ModelMap model){
     this.carryOutSomeTask();
     return "Done";
 }