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Anna
Anna

Reputation: 435

ModelMap usage in Spring

What are the benifits of using ModelMap instead of a simple Map in Spring MVC. I see in the code implementation that they put the datatype of the attribute added in the map as key instead to be made available on the form.

Can anyone explain with an example.

Upvotes: 29

Views: 41527

Answers (3)

user5650798
user5650798

Reputation:

ModalMap extends LinkedHashMap

Implementation of Map for use when building model data for use with UI tools. Supports chained calls and generation of model attribute names.

This class serves as generic model holder for both Servlet and Portlet MVC, but is not tied to either of those. Check out the Model interface for a Java-5-based interface variant that serves the same purpose.

Upvotes: 0

Michael Jiang
Michael Jiang

Reputation: 101

ModelMap.addAttribute will do NULL check, ModelMap.put is inherit from LinkedHashMap

Upvotes: 2

skaffman
skaffman

Reputation: 403461

ModelMap subclasses LinkedHashMap, and provides some additional conveniences to make it a bit easier to use by controllers

  • addAttribute can be called with just a value, and the map key is then inferred from the type.
  • The addAttribute methods all return the ModelMap, so you can chain method called together, e.g. modelMap.addAttribute('x', x).addAttribute('y',y)
  • The addAttribute methods checks that the values aren't null
  • The generic type of ModelMap is fixed at Map<String, Object>, which is the only one that makes sense for a view model.

So nothing earth-shattering, but enough to make it a bit nicer than a raw Map. Spring will let you use either one.

You can also use the Model interface, which provides nothing other than the addAttribute methods, and is implemented by the ExtendedModelMap class which itself adds further conveniences.

Upvotes: 47

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