RequestMapping for urls with very large numbers of GET vars

[shaine]

say we have a simple search mapping

@RequestMapping(value = "/search", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String search(@RequestParam("q") String searchTerm) {
   //snipped
}

accessable via 'http://domain/search?q=mySearch'

this is perfectly maintainable.

however, we want to implement advanced search, where there can be large numbers of different GET vars
eg 'http://domain/search/advanced?field1=value1&field2..N=value2..valueN'

to me it seems like this could become quite a headache, in terms of maintainence and readability to have eg.

@RequestMapping(value = "/search/advanced", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String advancedSearch(@RequestParam("field1") String field1, ..@RequestParam("fieldN") String fieldN) {
   //snipped
}

is there a way to be able to rather have something like

@RequestMapping(value = "/search/advanced", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String advancedSearch(AdvancedSearchObject advancedSearchObject) {
   //snipped
}

that would allow us to still have transparent/distributable URLs?

thanks in advance
shaine

[Marten Deinum]

You already wrote your own solution... As long as the getter/setter pairs match the object they will be bound. I strongly suggest a read of the reference guide especially the part covering web and especially forms.