Spring exception Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'name' a

[Ashimashi Kabashi]

I am getting an exception

Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'name' available as request attribute

can anyone hint to what I might be doing wrong?

[Arjana Matonyte]

Hi,

I think that your problem is very well explained here. Have a look at it.
If, after reading it, you still are not sure how to apply the advice in your specific situation, include relevant parts of the controller code in your post.

[Chid Nyc]

Hi,
I am trying Spring MVC for the first time(in fact I am quite new to Spring also). I tried this so many times for the past one day but still getting the same issue, even after looking at the suggested link and also other google search results. I am using the Spring mvc tutorial available at:

http://static.springsource.org/docs/Spring-MVC-step-by-step/part4.html

Following is the error:

 org.apache.jasper.JasperException: An exception occurred processing JSP page /index.jsp at line 16

13: <h1><fmt:message key="heading"/></h1>
14: 
15: <form:form name="searchForm" method="POST" action = "/SearchAccessServlet.do" commandName="searchAccess">
16: <!--<form:input path="kopsId" />
17: <form:errors path="kopsId" cssClass="error"/>-->
18: <br><br>
19: <input type="submit" value="Submit" />


Stacktrace:
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.handleJspException(JspServletWrapper.java:510)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:413)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)


root cause 

java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'searchAccess' available as request attribute
	org.springframework.web.servlet.support.BindStatus.<init>(BindStatus.java:141)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getBindStatus(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:172)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getPropertyPath(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:192)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.getName(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:158)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.autogenerateId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:145)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.resolveId(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:136)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag.java:120)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractHtmlElementTag.writeDefaultAttributes(AbstractHtmlElementTag.java:379)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.InputTag.writeTagContent(InputTag.java:139)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.form.AbstractFormTag.doStartTagInternal(AbstractFormTag.java:90)
	org.springframework.web.servlet.tags.RequestContextAwareTag.doStartTag(RequestContextAwareTag.java:77)
	org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspx_meth_form_005finput_005f0(index_jsp.java:225)
	org.apache.jsp.index_jsp._jspService(index_jsp.java:114)
	org.apache.jasper.runtime.HttpJspBase.service(HttpJspBase.java:70)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServletWrapper.service(JspServletWrapper.java:377)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.serviceJspFile(JspServlet.java:313)
	org.apache.jasper.servlet.JspServlet.service(JspServlet.java:260)
	javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:717)


note The full stack trace of the root cause is available in the Apache Tomcat/6.0.26 logs.

   

Following is my web.xml:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" id="WebApp_ID" version="2.5">
  <display-name>CEDToolkit</display-name>
  
  <context-param>
         <param-name>log4jConfigLocation</param-name>
         <param-value>/WEB-INF/log4j.xml</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <context-param>
         <param-name>log4jRefreshInterval</param-name>
         <param-value>1000</param-value>
  </context-param>
  <listener>
        <listener-class>org.springframework.web.util.Log4jConfigListener</listener-class>
  </listener>
  
  <listener>  
     <listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>  
  </listener>
  <context-param>
        <param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>		
		<param-value>/WEB-INF/services.xml</param-value>  
  </context-param>
  

<!-- Declare the existence of a servlet. -->

  <servlet>
    <servlet-name>Dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
    <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
  </servlet>

  <!-- Map URLs to that servlet. -->
  <servlet-mapping>
    <servlet-name>Dispatcher</servlet-name>
    <url-pattern>*.do</url-pattern>
  </servlet-mapping>
  
  <welcome-file-list>
    <welcome-file>index.jsp</welcome-file>
  </welcome-file-list>
  
  <jsp-config>
    <taglib>
      <taglib-uri>/spring</taglib-uri>
      <taglib-location>/WEB-INF/tld/spring-form.tld</taglib-location>
    </taglib>
  </jsp-config>
  
</web-app>
  
  

Following is the code in services.xml:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd"><!-- Declare the existence of a servlet. -->

<bean id="messageSource" class="org.springframework.context.support.ResourceBundleMessageSource">
        <property name="basenames">
        	<list>
				<value>CEDToolkit</value>
			</list>
		</property>
</bean>
<bean id="example" class="com.util.PropertyUtil">
	<property name="rbms" ref="messageSource"/>
</bean>

<!-- <bean id="propertyConfigurer" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertyPlaceholderConfigurer">
                <property name="location">
                	<value>
                		classpath:CEDToolkit.properties
                	</value>
                </property>
</bean> -->

<bean id="searchAccessServiceImpl" class="com.service.SearchAccessServiceImpl"/>

</beans>

  
    

Following is the code in Dispatcher-servlet.xml:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
       http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-2.5.xsd">

  <!-- the application context definition for the springapp DispatcherServlet -->
<!-- <bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">        
   <property name="viewClass" value="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"></property>
   <property name="prefix">                                                         
        <value>/WEB-INF/jsp/</value>                                                 
    </property>                                                                     
    <property name="suffix">                                                         
        <value>.jsp</value>                                                          
    </property>                                                                      
</bean> -->                                                                             

<bean id="searchAccessFormValidator" class = "com.service.SearchAccessFormValidator" />
<bean id="urlMapping" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping">
	<property name="mappings">
		<props>
			<prop key="/SearchAccessServlet.do">searchAccessFormController</prop>
			<!-- <prop key="/refresh.html">ppFormController</prop> -->
			<!-- <prop key="/PostProfileForm.html">ppFormController</prop> -->
		</props>
	</property>
</bean>

 <bean id="searchAccessFormController" class="com.web.SearchAccessFormController">
        <property name="sessionForm" value="true"/>
        <property name="commandName" value="searchAccess"/>
        <property name="commandClass" value="com.service.SearchAccess"/>
        <!-- <property name="validator">
            <bean class="com.service.SearchAccessFormValidator"/>
        </property> -->
        <property name="validator" ref="searchAccessFormValidator"/>
        <!--<property name="formView" value="index"/>
        --><property name="successView" value="index.jsp"/>
    </bean>



</beans>   

Following is the code in SearchAccessFormController:

 package com.web;

import java.io.IOException;

import javax.servlet.ServletException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.SimpleFormController;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.RedirectView;

import com.service.SearchAccess;

public class SearchAccessFormController extends SimpleFormController {
	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory
			.getLog(SearchAccessFormController.class);
	
	private String name;
	private Object commandName = "searchAccess";
	public String getname() {
		return name;
	}

	public void setname(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}

	public ModelAndView handleRequest(final HttpServletRequest request,
			final HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException,
			IOException {
		LOGGER.info("Returning hello view");
		return new ModelAndView("hello");

	}

	public ModelAndView onSubmit(Object command) throws ServletException {
		//System.out.println(((SearchAccess) command).getname());
		
		System.out.println("Hi onSubmit");
		//return new ModelAndView(new RedirectView(getSuccessView()));
		return new ModelAndView();
	}

	protected Object formBackingObject(HttpServletRequest request)
			throws ServletException {
		System.out.println("Hi formBackingObject");
		return "Hello";
	}

	
}
   

Following is the code in SearchAccess.java:

  package com.service;

import java.io.Serializable;
import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
/**
 * @author corp
 * 
 */
public class SearchAccess implements Serializable {
	private String name;
	public String getname() {
		return name;
	}
	public void setname(String name) {
		this.name = name;
	}
}
  

Following is the code in SearchAccessImpl:

 /**
 * 
 */
package com.service;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;

/**
 * @author corp
 *
 */
public class SearchAccessServiceImpl implements SearchAccessService {

	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(SearchAccessServiceImpl.class);
	public List<?> searchAccess(final String name){
    	LOGGER.info("Entered searchAccess");
    	return new ArrayList();
	}
}
   

Following is the index.jsp code:

  <html>
<%@ include file="/WEB-INF/jsp/include.jsp" %>
<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
<%@ page import="com.util.*" %>

<head><title><%out.println(PropertyUtil.getProperty("title")); %><fmt:message key="title"/></title>
<style>
    .error { color: red; }
  </style>  
</head>

<body onLoad="javascript:searchForm.field.focus()">
<h1><fmt:message key="heading"/></h1>

<form:form name="searchForm" method="POST" action = "/SearchAccessServlet.do" commandName="searchAccess">
<form:input path="name" />
<form:errors path="name" cssClass="error"/>
<br><br>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form:form>

</body>
</html>  

I checked BindStatus.java in Spring code, but unable to find why target is null. The exception above is in index.jsp...Please help

[Chid Nyc]

Hi,
Can someone kindly reply as to what is the issue in my code and why am I getting the exception mentioned in my previous post ...I am not sure how to resolve the same...

Thanks.