Sending HTML data through AJAX using Spring MVC

Question

I have an AJAX call which is processed and a jsp page is returned by Spring.

@RequestMapping(value = "/getData.do")
public String getData() {
    // ...
    return "data";
}

and I am returning data.jsp.

The AJAX call looks like this:

$.ajax({
    type : 'GET',
    url : "getData.do",

    error : function() {
        alert('failure');
    },
    success : function(result) {
        alert("Success");
    }
});

I have servlet mapping in web.xml for .do files

  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>

OK, so when I have this <bean> definition in my dispatcher, it works fine.

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

But, when I change it to this, it fails!

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
  <property name="mediaTypes">
    <map>
      <entry key="html" value="text/html"/>
      <entry key="json" value="application/json"/>
    </map>
  </property>
  <property name="viewResolvers">
    <list>
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.BeanNameViewResolver"/>
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/"/>
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp"/>
      </bean>
    </list>
  </property>
  <property name="defaultViews">
    <list>
      <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJackson2JsonView" />
    </list>
  </property>
</bean>

I need this for JSON. Any ideas?

Update : Added stacktrace

SEVERE: Servlet.service() for servlet [spring] in context with path [/Foo] threw exception [Could not resolve view with name 'getData' in servlet with name 'spring'] with root cause
javax.servlet.ServletException: Could not resolve view with name 'getData' in servlet with name 'spring'
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.render(DispatcherServlet.java:1190)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.processDispatchResult(DispatcherServlet.java:992)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:939)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:856)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:936)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:827)
    at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
    at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:812)
    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.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:225)
    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:999)
    at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$AbstractConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:565)
    at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.JIoEndpoint$SocketProcessor.run(JIoEndpoint.java:309)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(Unknown Source)
    at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(Unknown Source)
    at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)

@MoritzPetersen Sorry, updated...

ATOzTOA
– ATOzTOA

2013-09-03 07:31:33 +00:00
Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 7:31 — ATOzTOA
– ATOzTOA, Commented Sep 3, 2013 at 7:31

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 10:25:17Z

1

It got fixed when I modified the Accept header in AJAX as mentioned in this post Pass accepts header parameter to jquery ajax.

Updated AJAX:

$.ajax({
    type : 'GET',
    url : "getData.do",
    headers: {          
        Accept : "text/html; charset=utf-8",         
    },    
    error : function() {
        alert('failure');
    },
    success : function(result) {
        alert("Success");
    }
});

edited May 23, 2017 at 10:25

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3 Comments

Moritz Petersen Over a year ago

I thought you want to get JSON? Also, see this answer

ATOzTOA Over a year ago

@MoritzPetersen I meant, I need the second setting in dispatcher for JSON.

ATOzTOA Over a year ago

@MoritzPetersen The link you provided won't work as that will only add one more level of filtering.

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