ManMohan Vyas
ManMohan Vyas

Reputation: 4062

what to write in applicationContext.xml in order to get hibernate session in filter

I need to initialize hibernate session in Filter for spring mvc, I know I need to add ContextListner in web.xml but I have no Idea of what to write in applicationContext.xml file.please guide to some tutorial or example ...

detailed explaination: I need to prepopulate my form using spring form tag, for that I need HibernateSession open in jsp lifecycle execution. I created a HibernateSessionFilter to enable hibernate session in jsp. Now again for that I need to initialize my hibernate session. see the

sf = //don't know what to write ;

in code below. I dont know how I can get hibernate sessionFactory there. I know it can be done via applicationContext.xml but can't get to the exact configuration needed.

edit1*****

now again back to same exception where I started:

 org.springframework.beans.InvalidPropertyException: Invalid property 'firstname' of bean class [net.viralpatel.contact.form.Contact_$$_javassist_0]: Getter for property 'firstname' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:845)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:721)
at org.springframework.validation.AbstractPropertyBindingResult.getActualFieldValue(AbstractPropertyBindingResult.java:99)
at org.springframework.validation.AbstractBindingResult.getFieldValue(AbstractBindingResult.java:219)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:120)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:178)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:198)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.autogenerateFor(LabelTag.java:129)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.resolveFor(LabelTag.java:119)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.writeTagContent(LabelTag.java:89)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005flabel_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:255)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005fform_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:177)
at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspService(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:126)
at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:471)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:307)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Caused by: java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:761)
        ... 55 more
Caused by: org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: could not initialize proxy - no Session
        at org.hibernate.proxy.AbstractLazyInitializer.initialize(AbstractLazyInitializer.java:167)
        at org.hibernate.proxy.AbstractLazyInitializer.getImplementation(AbstractLazyInitializer.java:215)
        at org.hibernate.proxy.pojo.javassist.JavassistLazyInitializer.invoke(JavassistLazyInitializer.java:190)
        at net.viralpatel.contact.form.Contact_$$_javassist_0.getFirstname(Contact_$$_javassist_0.java)
        ... 60 more
Sep 16, 2012 4:36:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet jsp threw exception
org.hibernate.LazyInitializationException: could not initialize proxy - no Session
        at org.hibernate.proxy.AbstractLazyInitializer.initialize(AbstractLazyInitializer.java:167)
        at org.hibernate.proxy.AbstractLazyInitializer.getImplementation(AbstractLazyInitializer.java:215)
        at org.hibernate.proxy.pojo.javassist.JavassistLazyInitializer.invoke(JavassistLazyInitializer.java:190)
        at net.viralpatel.contact.form.Contact_$$_javassist_0.getFirstname(Contact_$$_javassist_0.java)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
        at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39)
        at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
        at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:761)
        at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.getPropertyValue(BeanWrapperImpl.java:721)
        at org.springframework.validation.AbstractPropertyBindingResult.getActualFieldValue(AbstractPropertyBindingResult.java:99)
        at org.springframework.validation.AbstractBindingResult.getFieldValue(AbstractBindingResult.java:219)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:120)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:178)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:198)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.autogenerateFor(LabelTag.java:129)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.resolveFor(LabelTag.java:119)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.LabelTag.writeTagContent(LabelTag.java:89)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:102)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:79)
        at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005flabel_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:255)
        at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005fform_005f0(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:177)
        at org.apache.jsp.WEB_002dINF.jsp.contact_005fedit_jsp._jspService(contact_005fedit_jsp.java:126)
        at org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:432)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:390)
        at org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:334)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.invoke(ApplicationDispatcher.java:684)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.processRequest(ApplicationDispatcher.java:471)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.doForward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:402)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationDispatcher.forward(ApplicationDispatcher.java:329)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceView.java:238)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView.render(AbstractView.java:262)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1180)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:950)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
        at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
        at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:305)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter.doFilterInternal(OpenSessionInViewFilter.java:198)
        at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:76)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:243)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:210)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:224)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:169)
        at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:472)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:168)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:98)
        at org.apache.catalina.valves.AccessLogValve.invoke(AccessLogValve.java:927)
        at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:118)
        at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:407)
        at org.apache.coyote.http11.AbstractHttp11Processor.process(AbstractHttp11Processor.java:987)
        at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:579)
        at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:307)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)
        at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)
        at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)
Sep 16, 2012 4:36:12 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve invoke
SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [spring] in context with path [/Spring3HibernateMaven] threw exception [org.springframework.beans.InvalidPropertyException: Invalid property 'firstname' of bean class [net.viralpatel.contact.form.Contact_$$_javassist_0]: Getter for property 'firstname' threw exception; nested exception is java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException] with root cause

my web.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
<display-name>Spring3-Hibernate</display-name>
<welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>list.html</welcome-file>
</welcome-file-list>
<servlet>
    <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.css</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.js</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.gif</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.jpg</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.png</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<filter>
    <filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
    <filter-class>org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.support.OpenSessionInViewFilter</filter-class>
    <init-param>
        <param-name>sessionFactoryBeanName</param-name>
        <param-value>sessionFactory</param-value>
    </init-param>
</filter>
<listener>
    <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>

<filter-mapping>
    <filter-name>hibernateFilter</filter-name>
    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>

my Contact Class:

package net.viralpatel.contact.form;

import javax.persistence.Column;
import javax.persistence.Entity;
import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
import javax.persistence.Id;
import javax.persistence.Table;

@Entity
@Table(name="CONTACTS")
public class Contact {

@Id
@Column(name="ID")
@GeneratedValue
private Integer id;

@Column(name="FIRSTNAME")
private String firstname;

@Column(name="LASTNAME")
private String lastname;

@Column(name="EMAIL")
private String email;

@Column(name="TELEPHONE")
private String telephone;


public String getEmail() {
    return email;
}
public String getTelephone() {
    return telephone;
}
public void setEmail(String email) {
    this.email = email;
}
public void setTelephone(String telephone) {
    this.telephone = telephone;
}
public String getFirstname() {
    return firstname;
}
public String getLastname() {
    return lastname;
}
public void setFirstname(String firstname) {
    this.firstname = firstname;
}
public void setLastname(String lastname) {
    this.lastname = lastname;
}
public Integer getId() {
    return id;
}
public void setId(Integer id) {
    this.id = id;
}

}

My Application filter:

private static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(HibernateSessionRequestFilter.class);

private SessionFactory sf;

 public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {
    log.debug("Initializing filter...");
    sf = //don't know what to write ;
}

}

My ContactDAO

@Repository
public class ContactDAOImpl implements ContactDAO {

@Autowired
private SessionFactory sessionFactory;

public void addContact(Contact contact) {
    sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().save(contact);
}

public List<Contact> listContact() {

    return sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().createQuery("from Contact")
            .list();
}

public void removeContact(Integer id) {
    Contact contact = (Contact) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().load(
            Contact.class, id);
    if (null != contact) {
        sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().delete(contact);
    }

}

public Contact editContact(Integer id) {
    Contact contact = (Contact) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().load(
            Contact.class, id);
    System.out.println("contact: "+contact);
    if (null != contact) {
        sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().update(contact);
    }
    return contact;
}

public Contact getContact(Integer id) {
    Contact contact = (Contact) sessionFactory.getCurrentSession().load(
            Contact.class, id);
    return contact;
}

}

Controller render method for edit page:

@RequestMapping(value = "/edit/{contactId}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView edit(@PathVariable("contactId") Integer contactId,
        HttpServletRequest request) {
    Contact contact = contactService.getContact(contactId);

    Map<String, Object> model = new HashedMap();
    model.put("contact", contact);

    return new ModelAndView("contact_edit", model);
}

    @RequestMapping(value = "/doedit/{contactId}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String editContact(@PathVariable("contactId") Integer contactId) {

    contactService.editContact(contactId);

    return "redirect:/index";
}

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1999

Answers (1)

Ralph
Ralph

Reputation: 120851

I have found one major bug in your code and one minor.

The major bug is that you have configured TWO Hibernate Session Factories (this cases the stange exception) on in applicationContext.xml (correct) and on in spring-servlet.xml (this must be removed). (some more details as comment in the xml)

The updated spring-servlet.xml

<?xml  version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
    xmlns:jee="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee" xmlns:lang="http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang"
    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p" xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
    xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee http://www.springframework.org/schema/jee/spring-jee.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang http://www.springframework.org/schema/lang/spring-lang.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
         http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd">

    <context:annotation-config />
    <context:component-scan base-package="net.viralpatel.contact" />

    <bean id="jspViewResolver"
        class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="viewClass"
            value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView" />
        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/" />
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
    </bean>

    <bean id="messageSource"
        class="org.springframework.context.support.ReloadableResourceBundleMessageSource">
        <property name="basename" value="classpath:messages" />
        <property name="defaultEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
    </bean>


    <bean id="propertyConfigurer"
        class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer"
        p:location="/WEB-INF/jdbc.properties" />

<!--
Already defined in the inner spring context, you do not need it twice

    <bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
        destroy-method="close" p:driverClassName="${jdbc.driverClassName}"
        p:url="${jdbc.databaseurl}" p:username="${jdbc.username}" p:password="${jdbc.password}" />
-->

<!--
ONLY one session factory per application!!
You have configured them already in applicationContext.xml

Spring mvc application have two spring contexts, an other and an inner context.
The inner context is created by ContextLoaderListener and in your case it is described in applicationContext.xml.
The outer context is created by DispatcherServelet and in your case it is described in spring-servlet.xml.

Filters can access only the inner context, therefore the OpenSessionInViewFilter requires that the inner context contain all the hibernate stuff
The outer context can beans access the inner context.
The outer context has access to all the web stuff (not like the inner context) therefore the @Controller Beans can be only instanceated in the outer context.



    <bean id="sessionFactory"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.LocalSessionFactoryBean">
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource" />
        <property name="configLocation">
            <value>classpath:hibernate.cfg.xml</value>
        </property>
        <property name="configurationClass">
            <value>org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration</value>
        </property>
        <property name="hibernateProperties">
            <props>
                <prop key="hibernate.dialect">${jdbc.dialect}</prop>
                <prop key="hibernate.show_sql">true</prop>

                <prop key="hibernate.hbm2ddl.auto">update</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>
-->

    <tx:annotation-driven />

    <!-- JSR-303 support will be detected on classpath and enabled automatically -->
    <mvc:annotation-driven />
    <bean id="transactionManager"
        class="org.springframework.orm.hibernate3.HibernateTransactionManager">
        <property name="sessionFactory" ref="sessionFactory" />
    </bean>

</beans>

The minor bug ins in your contact_edit.jsp

Instead of <form:form method="post" action="add.html" commandName="contact"> use:

<c:url var="updateUrl" value="/doedit/${contact.id}"/>
<form:form method="post" action="${updateUrl}" commandName="contact">

And after this modification of your editContact I was able to modify the first name

/**
 * This is only prove that it works.
 * You should not update the contact directly in the controller (this is only a shortcut in for the example).
 * If you load and update the contact in an method that is @Transactional, than you can remove the @Transactional from this
 * controller method.
 */
@Transactional
@RequestMapping(value = "/doedit/{contactId}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String editContact(@PathVariable("contactId") final Integer contactId, final Contact editedContact) {

  //contactService.editContact(contactId);

    Contact contact = contactService.getContact(contactId);
    contact.setFirstname(editedContact.getFirstname()); //only first name for the example

    return "redirect:/index";
}

Upvotes: 3

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