<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd"><modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion><groupId>org.thinkingingis</groupId><artifactId>MavenSpringWebApp</artifactId><packaging>war</packaging><version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version><name>MavenSpringWebApp Maven Webapp</name><url>http://maven.apache.org</url><properties><jdk.version>1.7</jdk.version><spring.version>4.2.1.RELEASE</spring.version><jstl.version>1.2</jstl.version><junit.version>4.11</junit.version><logback.version>1.0.13</logback.version><jcl-over-slf4j.version>1.7.5</jcl-over-slf4j.version></properties><dependencies><!-- Junit Test --><dependency><groupId>junit</groupId><artifactId>junit</artifactId><version>${junit.version}</version></dependency><!-- Spring Core --><dependency><groupId>org.springframework</groupId><artifactId>spring-core</artifactId><version>${spring.version}</version><exclusions><exclusion><groupId>commons-logging</groupId><artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId></exclusion></exclusions></dependency><dependency><groupId>org.slf4j</groupId><artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId><version>${jcl-over-slf4j.version}</version></dependency><dependency><groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId><artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId><version>${logback.version}</version></dependency><dependency><groupId>org.springframework</groupId><artifactId>spring-web</artifactId><version>${spring.version}</version></dependency><dependency><groupId>org.springframework</groupId><artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId><version>${spring.version}</version></dependency><!-- jstl --><dependency><groupId>jstl</groupId><artifactId>jstl</artifactId><version>${jstl.version}</version></dependency></dependencies><build><finalName>MavenSpringWebApp</finalName><plugins><!-- Eclipse project --><plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId><version>2.9</version><configuration><!-- Always download and attach dependencies source code --><downloadSources>true</downloadSources><downloadJavadocs>false</downloadJavadocs><!-- Avoid type mvn eclipse:eclipse -Dwtpversion=2.0 --><wtpversion>2.0</wtpversion></configuration></plugin><!-- Set JDK Compiler Level --><plugin><groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId><artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId><version>2.3.2</version><configuration><source>${jdk.version}</source><target>${jdk.version}</target></configuration></plugin></plugins></build>
</project>

package org.thinkingingis.controller;import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;@Controller
public class BaseController {private static int counter = 0;private static final String VIEW_INDEX = "index";private final static org.slf4j.Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BaseController.class);@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)public String welcome(ModelMap model) {model.addAttribute("message", "Welcome");model.addAttribute("counter", ++counter);logger.debug("[welcome] counter : {}", counter);// Spring uses InternalResourceViewResolver and return back index.jspreturn VIEW_INDEX;}@RequestMapping(value = "/{name}", method = RequestMethod.GET)public String welcomeName(@PathVariable String name, ModelMap model) {model.addAttribute("message", "Welcome " + name);model.addAttribute("counter", ++counter);logger.debug("[welcomeName] counter : {}", counter);return VIEW_INDEX;}}

<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
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.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd"><context:component-scan base-package="org.thinkingingis.controller" /><bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
<property name="prefix">
<value>/WEB-INF/pages/</value>
</property>
<property name="suffix">
<value>.jsp</value>
</property>
</bean>
</beans>

<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee
http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd"
version="2.5"><display-name>Spring webapp</display-name><servlet>
<servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet
</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet><servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>mvc-dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping><context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>/WEB-INF/mvc-dispatcher-servlet.xml</param-value>
</context-param><listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
</web-app>