Spring 3.0 forwarding request to different controller

Question

What is the proper way to forward a request in spring to a different controller?

@RequestMapping({\"/someurl\"})
public ModelAndView execute(Model model) {
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Answer 1

Try returning a String instead, and the String being the forward url.

@RequestMapping({"/someurl"})
public String execute(Model model) {
    if (someCondition) {
        return "forward:/someUrlA";
    } else {
        return "forward:/someUrlB";
    }
}