org.springframework.web.bind.annotation

Annotation Type ModelAttribute

@Target(value={PARAMETER,METHOD})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface ModelAttribute

Annotation that binds a method parameter or method return value to a named model attribute, exposed to a web view. Supported for controller classes with @RequestMapping methods.

Can be used to expose command objects to a web view, using specific attribute names, through annotating corresponding parameters of an @RequestMapping method.

Can also be used to expose reference data to a web view through annotating accessor methods in a controller class with @RequestMapping methods. Such accessor methods are allowed to have any arguments that @RequestMapping methods support, returning the model attribute value to expose.

Note however that reference data and all other model content is not available to web views when request processing results in an Exception since the exception could be raised at any time making the content of the model unreliable. For this reason @ExceptionHandler methods do not provide access to a Model argument.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Rossen Stoyanchev

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	binding Allows declaring data binding disabled directly on an @ModelAttribute method parameter or on the attribute returned from an @ModelAttribute method, both of which would prevent data binding for that attribute.
java.lang.String	name The name of the model attribute to bind to.
java.lang.String	value Alias for name().

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(value="name")
public abstract java.lang.String value

Alias for name().

Default:

""

name

@AliasFor(value="value")
public abstract java.lang.String name

The name of the model attribute to bind to.

The default model attribute name is inferred from the declared attribute type (i.e. the method parameter type or method return type), based on the non-qualified class name: e.g. "orderAddress" for class "mypackage.OrderAddress", or "orderAddressList" for "List<mypackage.OrderAddress>".

Since:

4.3

Default:

""

binding

public abstract boolean binding

Allows declaring data binding disabled directly on an @ModelAttribute method parameter or on the attribute returned from an @ModelAttribute method, both of which would prevent data binding for that attribute.

By default this is set to true in which case data binding applies. Set this to false to disable data binding.

Since:

4.3

Default:

true