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

You can use Spring RedirectView to dispatch request from one controller to other controller. It will be by default Request type "GET"

RedirectView redirectView = new RedirectView("/controllerRequestMapping/methodmapping.do", true);