MVC mapping and view resolution

Understand the idea

A HandlerMapping finds a handler for the request. A HandlerAdapter invokes it using the relevant programming model. A view-producing controller returns a view name with model data. The configured view and template infrastructure renders the HTML response.

A concrete example

GET /products
→ mapping → adapter → controller
→ view resolution → Thymeleaf → HTML

In the application

See the independently runnable examples in Stage 27.

You use this infrastructure without implementing the DispatcherServlet yourself.

See it in a working stage

• Stage 27: trace a request to a Thymeleaf page

Related concepts

• Spring bean
• Dependency injection