Spring 3.2 MVC -- validation errors not appearing - spring-mvc

Question

I am trying to run a validator class for my Spring form, but my errors are not showing up on my page. I'm a newbie when it comes to Spring validation, so there are undoubtedly some errors here. Here is my form. (Incidentally, Eclipse is posting warnings on the form:error lines that say, "List is a raw type. References to generic type List should be parameterized.")
<form:form commandName="bulletin" method="post" action="processBulletin">
<table>
<tr>
<td>Name:</td>
<td><form:errors path="name" /></td>
<td><form:input path="name" maxlength="30" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Subject:</td>
<td><form:errors path="subject" /></td>
<td><form:input path="subject" maxlength="50" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top">Message:</td>
<td><form:errors path="note" /></td>
<td><form:textarea path="note" cols="70" rows="20" /></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><input type="submit" /></td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form:form>
Here is my controller class. I'm calling the validation class from here, and I'm not sure if that's the right thing to do, so feel free to say so if it's not.
#RequestMapping(value = "/processBulletin", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String processBulletin(
#ModelAttribute("bulletin") Bulletin bulletin, BindingResult result) {
final BindException errors = new BindException(bulletin, "bulletin");
bulletinValidator.validate(bulletin, errors);
if (errors.hasErrors()) {
return "redirect:/approvedBulletins";
} else {
// rest of method
}
return "redirect:/approvedBulletins";
}
Here is my validation class.
#Override
public boolean supports(Class<?> cls) {
return Bulletin.class.isAssignableFrom(cls);
}
#Override
public void validate(Object target, Errors errors) {
ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "subject", "Subject is required");
ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "name", "Name is required");
ValidationUtils.rejectIfEmptyOrWhitespace(errors, "note", "Message is required");
}
}

Answer 1

Try to return view name instead of redirect return "redirect:/approvedBulletins"; when you have errors.