Spring Form : Cancel button should not set properties

[anks_ce]

Hi,

i have JSP page as below.

<form:form commandName="user" methd="POST">
   <form:input path="name" />
   <input type="submit" name="btnSave" value="Save"/>
   <input type="submit" name="btnCancel" value="Cancel"/>
</form:form>

Controller

public string saveForm(@ModelAttribute User user,Model map)
{
      System.out.println("Name = "+user.getName());
      return "UserForm";
}

When i enter name and click "Save" button. "name" property of "User" bean is saved. But when i press "Cancel" button it shows same behavior and set "name" property with changes made.

But as per my requirement "Cancel" button should not set properties and it just redirects to the mentioned page.

Please help.

[Marten Deinum]

Then don't... The cancel button should invoke a different method which doesn't have a @ModelAttribute annotated parameter.

[anks_ce]

Then don't... The cancel button should invoke a different method which doesn't have a @ModelAttribute annotated parameter.

It means that if we specify the @ModelAttribute in controller's method then it would set the properties otherwise not.
Please confirm.

Thank you very much.

[Marten Deinum]

If you put an arbitrary object in or annotate something with @ModelAttribute it will be used for binding. I suggest a read of the web chapter of the spring reference guide which explains all this.

[anks_ce]

Sure i will... Thanks a lot Marten.

[shahsubhash]

I think the controller method "saveForm" is called because "Cancel" button is also of type "submit". So, It will submit the form to the controller. I think if you can change the type of "Cancel" button to "button" and add onclick listener, the current behavior can be modified.