Java web application architecture

The way we develop Java web applications has evolved during the last couple of decades. We will discuss the different architectural approaches to developing Java web applications and see where Spring MVC fits in:

• Model 1 architecture
• Model 2 or MVC architecture
• Model 2 with Front Controller

Model 1 architecture

Model 1 architecture is one of the initial architecture styles used to develop Java-based web applications. A few important details are as follows:

• JSP pages directly handled the requests from the browser
• JSP pages made use of the model containing simple Java beans
• In some applications of this architecture style, JSPs even performed queries to the database
• JSPs also handled the flow...