# Spring MVC
## Spring Controller
```java
@GetMapping("/blah")
@ResponseBody
public String getSomething() {
return "Hello";
}
```
## View and Templating
```java
@Controller // Defines the component used by DI
public class BookController {
@RequestMapping("/books") // Defines path
public String getBooks(Model model) { // The model is what we return, and thus needs enriching, which is used by the view layer
model.addAttribute("books", Set.of(new Book("blah", "foo", new Publisher("name")))));
return "books/list";// Refers to the template
}
}
```
In resources/templates/books, add list.html
```markup
Spring Framework Guru
Book List
| ID |
Title |
Publisher |
| 123 |
Spring in Action |
Wrox |
```
this reads model, and the objects and create the output
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