Issue with mvc:annotation-driven and #PathVariable - spring-mvc

Question

Not sure what I am doing wrong here but when I DO NOT define the mvc:annotation-driven in my servlet, the value returned from the #PathVariable is not getting displayed in my jsp page and when I do define the annotation-driven, all other links e.g. home gets broken and I get the The specified HTTP method is not allowed for the requested resource (Request method GET not supported).
#Controller("HealthCheckController")
#RequestMapping("/healthCheckSummary")
public class HealthCheckController {
private Log log = LogFactory.getLog(GolSimpleMappingExceptionResolver.class);
private HealthCheckService healthCheckService = null;
private IEappDataAccessFacade dataAccessFacade;
#RequestMapping(value = "/{username}/{password}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String getEappStatus(#PathVariable String username, #PathVariable String password, Model model){
String dbConnectivityStatus = getDatabaseConnectivityStatus() ? "online" : "offline";
if (!username.equals("lola") || !password.equals("123")) {
// wrong credentials were provided
log.error("The login credentials in the header are not valid." + username + password);
throw new RuntimeException( "Unable to continue, the login credentials in the header are not valid." + username + password);
}
model.addAttribute("healthCheckSummary", dbConnectivityStatus);
return "healthCheckSummary";
}
public HealthCheckService getHealthCheckService()
{
return healthCheckService;
}
public boolean getDatabaseConnectivityStatus() {
String result = “OK”;
if (result != null) {
return true;
}
return false;
}
}
Oh and in the application context we have defined the
<tx:annotation-driven />
JSP page
<%# page language="java"%>
Welcome ${username} - ${password}
Eapp is currently ${healthCheckSummary}

Answer 1

Two things:
You never put your username and password #PathVariables in the model. Your jsp page has no way of knowing that they even existed as you lose any reference to them after the code leaves getEappStatus. Add the following to your handler method:
model.addAttribute("username", username);
model.addAttribute("password", password);
and see if that works.
You might want to add <mvc:annotation-driven/> just to avoid some surprises when you use some spring-mvc annotations. This isn't strictly necessary, but might save you some head scratching when some #RequestBody doesn't work.