total beginner to spring mvc. I need to prepopulate edit form in springmvc frame-work.

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Asked: June 11, 20262026-06-11T18:10:23+00:00 2026-06-11T18:10:23+00:00

total beginner to spring mvc. I need to prepopulate edit form in springmvc frame-work.

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total beginner to spring mvc.
I need to prepopulate edit form in springmvc frame-work.

contact_edit.jsp

<form:form method="post" action="edit/1" commandName="contact">
<% Contact contact = (Contact)request.getAttribute("contact");  %>
    <table>

        <tr>
            <td><form:label path="firstname">
                    <spring:message code="label.firstname" />
                </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="firstname" value="<%=contact.getFirstname() %>"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><form:label path="lastname">
                    <spring:message code="label.lastname" />
                </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="lastname" value="<%=contact.getLastname() %>"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><form:label path="email">
                    <spring:message code="label.email" />
                </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="email" value="<%=contact.getEmail()%>" /></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td><form:label path="telephone">
                    <spring:message code="label.telephone" />
                </form:label></td>
            <td><form:input path="telephone" value="<%=contact.getTelephone()%>"/></td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td colspan="2"><input type="submit"
                value="<spring:message code="label.addcontact"/>" /></td>
        </tr>
    </table>
</form:form>

controller code to get this page:

@RequestMapping(value = "/edit/{contactId}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView edit(@PathVariable("contactId") Integer contactId,
        HttpServletRequest request) {
    System.out.println("I was here");
    Contact contact = contactService.getContact(contactId);
    request.setAttribute("contact", contact);
    Map<String, Object> model = new HashedMap();
    model.put("contact", contact);

    return new ModelAndView("contact_edit", model);
}

My exception:

org.springframework.beans.InvalidPropertyException: Invalid property 'firstname' of bean class [net.viralpatel.contact.form.Contact_$$_javassist_0]: Getter for property 'firstname' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:845)
org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:721)
org.springframework.validation.AbstractPropertyBindingResult.getActualFieldValue(AbstractPropertyBindingResult.java:99)
org.springframework.validation.AbstractBindingResult.getFieldValue(AbstractBindingResult.java:219)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:120)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:178)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:198)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.autogenerateFor(LabelTag.java:129)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.resolveFor(LabelTag.java:119)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.writeTagContent(LabelTag.java:89)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005flabel_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:320)
org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspService(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:147)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:433)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:389)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

root cause

  java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
  sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
    sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:761)
org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:721)
org.springframework.validation.AbstractPropertyBindingResult.getActualFieldValue(AbstractPropertyBindingResult.java:99)
org.springframework.validation.AbstractBindingResult.getFieldValue(AbstractBindingResult.java:219)
org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:120)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:178)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:198)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.autogenerateFor(LabelTag.java:129)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.resolveFor(LabelTag.java:119)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.writeTagContent(LabelTag.java:89)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005flabel_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:320)
org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspService(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:147)
org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:433)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:389)
org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:333)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

My Contact Class:

@Entity
@Table(name="CONTACTS")
public class Contact {

@Id
@Column(name="ID")
@GeneratedValue
private Integer id;

@Column(name="FIRSTNAME")
private String firstname;

@Column(name="LASTNAME")
private String lastname;

@Column(name="EMAIL")
private String email;

@Column(name="TELEPHONE")
private String telephone;


public String getEmail() {
    return email;
}
public String getTelephone() {
    return telephone;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
    this.email = email;
}
public void setTelephone(String telephone) {
    this.telephone = telephone;
}
public String getFirstname() {
    return firstname;
}
public String getLastname() {
    return lastname;
}
public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
    this.firstname = firstname;
}
public void setLastname(String lastname) {
    this.lastname = lastname;
}
public Integer getId() {
    return id;
}
public void setId(Integer id) {
    this.id = id;
}

}

My Contact class contains all getters and setters method , even my create form is working fine. Can’t figure out what is creating problem where . I have already inserted contact object in request as well as in ModelAndView class. !!!??!!

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Editorial Team · Answer 1 · 2026-06-11T18:10:24+00:00

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2026-06-11T18:10:24+00:00Added an answer on June 11, 2026 at 6:10 pm

I solved it, by initializing sessionFactory in applicationContext.xml instead of spring-servlet.xml. And make sure to remove it from spring-servlet.xml.

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