public abstract @interface

ModelAttribute

implements Annotation
org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ModelAttribute

Class Overview

Annotation that binds a method parameter or method return value to a named model attribute, exposed to a web view. Supported for RequestMapping annotated handler classes.

Can be used to expose command objects to a web view, using specific attribute names, through annotating corresponding parameters of a RequestMapping annotated handler method).

Can also be used to expose reference data to a web view through annotating accessor methods in a controller class which is based on RequestMapping annotated handler methods, with such accessor methods allowed to have any arguments that RequestMapping supports for handler methods, returning the model attribute value to expose.

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Inherited Methods
From interface java.lang.annotation.Annotation