What does Model Attribute Mean in a Spring specified form tag

[Vishal Hegde]

What does Model Attribute Mean in a Spring specified form tag

<form:form id="newBGCExcForm" name="bgcExc" modelAttribute="bgcExc">

[Bill Gorder]

Did you see my response to your other question here?
https://coderanch.com/t/590718/Spring/does-commandName-mean-Spring

I addressed this question there as well.

[Ashwin Sridhar]

This specifies the Object name that is mapped in the controller. By default it is "command" . When you return a ModelView Object from controller, form and pojo objects are matched based on this attribute name.