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The SimpleUrlHandlerMapping mapping class allows to specify the mapping of URL patterns to handlers (methods of Controllers). This class can be declared using XML bean definitions in at least three different ways as shown below (all of them being supported). Only the servlet XML files explicitly or implictly (default) referenced in the web.xml deployment configuration file are considered.  For each URL path we will create a different Spring MVC Any Operation object. 

Method 1

<beans ...>
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
  	<property name="urlMap">
  		<map>
                <entry key="/home.htm">
                  <ref local="homeController"/>
                </entry>
               ...
		 </map>
	   </property>
	</bean>

	<bean id="homeController" class="com.castsoftware.example.HomeController" />		
</beans>

Method 2

<beans ...>	
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
	   <property name="mappings">
		<value>
		   /home.htm=homeController
           ...
		</value>
	   </property>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="homeController" class="com.castsoftware.example.HomeController" />		
</beans>

Method 3

<beans ...>	
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
	   <property name="mappings">
        <props>
            <prop key="home.htm">homeController</prop>
            ...
		</props>
	   </property>
	</bean>
	
	<bean id="homeController" class="com.castsoftware.example.HomeController" />		
</beans>

<bean id="manageSomeController"
    class="com.cingular.km.lbs.gearsadmin.web.controller.DTVAddressDataController ">
    ...
    <property name="methodNameResolver">
       <bean
         class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.PropertiesMethodNameResolver">
         <property name="mappings">
           <props>
             <prop key="/*/deleteAddress">deleteAddress</prop>
           ...

Creation of links between web service operations and controller methods

When defining a URL mapping to a given controller class, each type of controller (determined by its ancestors) can have a set of overridden methods to further customize the response behavior to a URL loading. These methods are usually called by the framework itself (such as onSubmit in the SimpleFormController). The com.castsoftware.springmvc analyser will create a callLink from the Spring MVC Any Operation object and to each of the overridden methods of the corresponding controller. Potential overriding of default intra-method calls is ignored. When using the XML property PropertiesMethodNameResolver, the CallLinks are created to the explicitly referenced callback methods (custom methods added to the controller class). For example, returning to the code snippet above illustrating the use of the methodNameResolver property, we can observe a reference to the method of the controller defined below:

public class DTVAddressDataController extends MultiActionController {


    public ModelAndView deleteAddress(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws Exception {
		....
	}
    ...
}

The corresponding link would appear as below:

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Note that the Spring MVC Any Operation will be created below the same Java File (denoted by the Belong link) where the referenced controller is found. In addition to the above mentioned links, a callLink from the Spring MVC Any Operation object to the controller class' constructor method (if present) will be created when using the above mentioned Method 1-2-3 mapping approaches.

Support of BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping, ControllerClassNameHandlerMapping

These similarly work by configuring web services via xml files (web.xml, dispatcher-servlet.xml, ...) as SimpleUrlHandlerMapping (see above), but with different rules. 

Support of thymeleaf

The following syntaxes are supported for thymeleaf templating:

      <form ... th:action="@{/seedstartermng}"... method="post">

Will create a link from the HTML5 content to a call to a webservice with url '/seedstartermng'

'th:href' are also supported:

<... th:href="@{/css/stsm.css}"/>

Support for User Input Security

Service entry points are created automatically for applications that have a presentation layer based on SpringMVC with @RequestMapping (and associated annotations) usage. This can be seen in the analysis log file as follows:

2018-09-13 10:00:40,148 INFO SecurityAnalyzer.FlawAnalysisEnvironment LoadBlackboxesForApplication cast#spec cast#lib SpringMVCServiceEntryPoints

This corresponds to the generation of a file in the following location:

<BytecodeFolder>\com.castsoftware.springmvc\ServiceEntryPoints.blackbox.xml

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