Chapter 4. Web Application Development with Spring Web MVC

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Auto-generating Spring MVC controllers and JSPX views from JPA entities

• Packaging, deploying, and using Roo-generated Spring MVC application

• Modifying Roo-generated views

• Round-tripping support in Spring Roo for web controllers and views

• Creating a Spring MVC controller for a specific JPA entity

• Manually creating a Spring MVC controller for a JPA entity

• Adding static views to Roo-generated web applications

• Internationalizing Roo-generated web applications

• Adding or modifying themes generated by Roo

• Adding JSON support to domain objects and controllers

• Creating and executing Selenium tests for web controllers