Question

Today I’m working on a project in Java Spring, especially in CONTEXT-SERVLET.xml (context) where normally declare a bean to link a .jsp with a Java class or controller (mapping).

Traditional workflow is: a viewA.jsp is linked (mapping) to controller.java (controller) and this controller.java dispatches another viewB.jsp.

Can you link a viewA.jsp to another viewB.Jsp without going through a controller?
How do this in CONTEXT-SERVLET.xml?

Answer 1

You can use ParameterizableViewController to redirect a request to jsp file without visiting controller.
For example
1. Mapping /welcome.htm to welcomeController

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
        <property name="mappings">
            <props>
                <prop key="/welcome.htm">welcomeController</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
</bean>  

2. Mapping viewName property of welcomeController to WelcomePage

<bean name="welcomeController" 
            class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.ParameterizableViewController">
        <property name="viewName" value="WelcomePage" />
</bean>

3. Defining view resolver

<bean id="viewResolver"
        class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" >
            <property name="prefix">
              <value>/WEB-INF/pages/</value>
            </property>
            <property name="suffix">
              <value>.jsp</value>
            </property>
 </bean>

It will map /welcome.htm to /WEB-INF/pages/welcomePage.jsp.
Source for more details.