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Java

Posted by jdee
jdee
6,655 Points

add-a-controller-method-for-saving-a-new-contact

In this challenge (https://teamtreehouse.com/library/spring-with-hibernate/getting-started-with-crud-in-spring-hibernate/add-a-controller-method-for-saving-a-new-contact), below is what I have submitted for the method, but it's telling me: @RequestMapping annotation doesn't specify correct value for the `path` (or `value`) element

  @RequestMapping(value = "/contacts", method = RequestMethod.POST)
  public String add(Contact contact) {
    // TODO: Save the Contact object
    contactService.save(contact);  
    return "redirect:/contacts/" + contact.getId();  
  }

Please help me figure out what is wrong.

1 Answer

jdee
jdee
6,655 Points

Figured it out...I was missing a @RequestParam annotation as in below:

  public String add(@RequestParam(name="contact") Contact contact) {
Seamus Sionóid
Seamus Sionóid
27,798 Points

For anyone who was struggling with this, don't forget to import @RequestParam:

org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;