spring mvc: cleanest way for more than one submit button?

Question

I have a a form and I\'d like a next and back button inside it. What is the cleanest way to do this in spring mvc? Just give the input type submit a name and value and check for

Answer 1

If you use Spring 3, you can distinguish between controller methods using params attribute:

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@RequestMapping(..., params = "next")
public ModelAndView next(...) { ... }

@RequestMapping(..., params = "back")
public ModelAndView back(...) { ... }