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

[Jeroen Nouws]

Hello I'm trying to make a form where a new user can register by simply filling out his/her name and password
i've mapped the RequestMapping of my controller to the register root folder but when i'm trying to load my User bean to use with my form i'm getting above error.
here's the JSP with the form which is located at /JSP/register/registerform.jsp

<h2>Register new user</h2>
    <sf:form method="POST" modelAttribute="user" action="#">
        <fieldset>
            <table cellspacing="0">
                <tr>
                    <th><label for="user_email">e-mail:</label></th>
                    <td><sf:input path="email" id="user_email"/>
                    <small>please provide a valid e-mail to which activation can be sent to</small>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <th><label for="password">password:</label></th>
                    <td><sf:password path="password" size="30" id="password"/>
                    <small>a valid password has a minimum length of 6 characters.</small>
                    </td>
                </tr>
                <tr>
                    <td></td>
                    <td><sf:checkbox path="accepted" id="accept_tos" value="true"/>
                    <label for="accept_tos">I have read and accept the TOS</label>
                    </td>
                </tr>
            </table>
        </fieldset>
    </sf:form>

and here's the code of my controller

@Controller
@RequestMapping("register")
public class RegisterController {
    
    public RegisterController(){
        System.out.println("new controller bean made");
    }
    
    @RequestMapping(value="/registerform",method=RequestMethod.GET)
    public String registerNewUser(Model model){
        System.out.println("gone in registernewuser");
        User user = new User();
        model.addAttribute("user", user);
        return "register/registerform";
    }

the suffix and prefix of the InternalResourceViewResolver is this

<bean class="
        org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
        <property name="prefix" value="/JSP/" />
        <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />    
    </bean>        

anyone who can tell me where i'm doing it wrong?

[Tommy Delson]

There are a lot of things gone wrong with your code, start from web.xml, xxx-servlet.xml, registerform.jsp , RegisterController class etc. . I'd start from fresh...

Here is a link that may help, try it and you'll understand why:

http://www.vaannila.com/spring/spring-annotation-controller-1.html