Spring MVC - Controller method not getting called - spring-mvc

Question

Spring3 MVC - Controller class is getting called but not the controller method.
Controller:
package com.quizat.controller;
#Controller
public class QuizatController {
public QuizatController(){
System.out.println("in controller");
}
#RequestMapping("/")
#ResponseBody
public String home(Model model) throws Exception {
System.out.println("home is running");
return "success";
}
}
My web.xml
<display-name>Spring3Example</display-name>
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
</web-app>
My dispatcher-servlet.xml
<mvc:annotation-driven />
<context:annotation-config />
<context:component-scan base-package="com.quizat" />
<bean id="viewResolver"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="viewClass">
<value>org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView</value>
</property>
<property name="prefix">
<value>/view/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>
Constructor of my controller runs. But my method inside the Controller is not getting called. What could be the error that I have made?

Answer 1

You are mapping / to your controller's method. Instead of that you should map a string like /home or /*.
#RequestMapping("/home")
#ResponseBody
public String home(Model model) throws Exception {
}
Also in the Controller you can use #RequestMapping(value = "/*") for the home() method.
Note: you should also be using Spring >= v3.0.3 due to SPR-7064
Reference: How do I map Spring MVC controller to a uri with and without trailing slash?