Question

In the Spring MVC controller i am trying to access the name sent by the JQuery simple post.
I am getting error Could not find @PathVariable [name] in @RequestMapping*
Where i am going wrong?

JQuery Post

$.post("addName.htm",{ name: "John"});

Spring Controller

@RequestMapping(value = "/addName.htm", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public void setAllocations(@PathVariable String name) {

    System.out.println("inside Setting value.... ");
    System.out.println(name);
}

I am getting error

Could not find @PathVariable [name] in @RequestMapping

Answer 1

That is not a @PathVariable, you have to use a @RequestParam instead. Try this:

@RequestMapping(value = "/addName.htm", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public void setAllocations(@RequestParam String name) {
    System.out.println(name);
}

This is the difference:

• PathVariable: http://yourhost/{name}/addName.html
• RequestParam: http://yourhost/addName.html?name={name}