Spring form with 2 submit buttons, 404 error, wrong URL

[Frank Serkland]

I have a Spring form with 2 submit buttons, and I want a different action to occur for each button. I notice that when I access the page that contains my form, the address is the following.

localhost:8080/jcbulboard/waitingBulletins 

When I click on either button, the URL I get the 404 on is the following, without the jcbulboard.

localhost:8080/approve

Here is my form.

    <form:form action="/approve/${bulletin.id}" method="post">
        <table>
             <tr>
                 <td ><b>From:</b> <c:out value="${bulletin.name}" /></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td ><b>Subject:</b> <c:out
                         value="${bulletin.subject}" /></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td ><b>Date:</b> <c:out value="${bulletin.date}" />
                     <br></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td ><t:notePrint note="${bulletin.note}" /> <input
                     type="hidden" name="id" value="${bulletin.id}" /></td>
             </tr>
             <tr>
                 <td><input type="submit" name="approve" value="Approve" /></td>
                 <td><input type="submit" name="deny" value="Deny" /></td>
             </tr>
         </table>
        <br />
    </form:form>

Here is my controller form.

@RequestMapping(value = "/approve/{id}", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String approveBulletin(@RequestParam int id,
        @RequestParam(required = false, value = "approve") String approve,
        @RequestParam(required = false, value = "deny") String deny, Model model) {
    try {
        if (approve.equalsIgnoreCase("approve")) {
            bulletinDAO.approveBulletin(id);
            model.addAttribute("approval",
                    "Your bulletin has been approved.");
        }
        if (deny.equalsIgnoreCase("deny")) {
            bulletinDAO.denyBulletin(id);
            model.addAttribute("approval", "Your bulletin has been denied.");
        }

        List<Bulletin> bulletins = bulletinDAO.getApprovedBulletins();
        model.addAttribute("bulletins", bulletins);
    } catch (Exception e) {
        System.out.println(e.getMessage());
        return "FailurePage";
    }

    return "ApproveBulletin";
}

[Frank Serkland]

I have solved my own problem. I am posting my code for the benefit of anyone else who comes across this thread with the same problem. Here is my form.

		<form:form action="approve" method="post">
			<table>
 				<tr>
 					<td ><b>From:</b> <c:out value="${bulletin.name}" /></td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td ><b>Subject:</b> <c:out
 							value="${bulletin.subject}" /></td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td ><b>Date:</b> <c:out value="${bulletin.date}" />
 						<br></td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td ><t:notePrint note="${bulletin.note}" /> <input
 						type="hidden" name="id" value="${bulletin.id}" /></td>
 				</tr>
 				<tr>
 					<td><input type="submit" name="approve" value="Approve" /></td>
 					<td><input type="submit" name="deny" value="Deny" /></td>
 				</tr>
 			</table>
			<br />
		</form:form>

Here are my controller methods.

	@RequestMapping(value = "/approve", method = RequestMethod.POST, params = { "approve" })
	public String approve(@RequestParam int id, @RequestParam String approve, Model model) {
		try {
			bulletinDAO.approveBulletin(id);
			model.addAttribute("approval", "Your bulletin has been approved.");

			List<Bulletin> bulletins = bulletinDAO.getApprovedBulletins();
			model.addAttribute("bulletins", bulletins);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
			return "FailurePage";
		}

		return "ApproveBulletin";
	}

	@RequestMapping(value = "/approve", method = RequestMethod.POST, params = { "deny" })
	public String deny(@RequestParam int id, @RequestParam String deny, Model model) {
		try {
			bulletinDAO.denyBulletin(id);
			model.addAttribute("approval", "Your bulletin has been denied.");

			List<Bulletin> bulletins = bulletinDAO.getApprovedBulletins();
			model.addAttribute("bulletins", bulletins);
		} catch (Exception e) {
			System.out.println(e.getMessage());
			return "FailurePage";
		}

		return "ApproveBulletin";
	}