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

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I m just learning the ropes of Spring 3 s annotation fu and I ve stumbled upon the newb s nightmare exception  Would appreciate any help    here s the form jsp code      lt form form method  POST  action  login htm  modelAttribute  login  gt            lt form input path  email  size  20    gt           the controller code  at this point I m simply testing the waters  so not directing to any page  just returning an empty string     Controller  SessionAttributes public class LoginController     RequestMapping value     login   method   RequestMethod POST  public String login      ModelAttribute  login   Login login                          BindingResult result         System out println   email entered    login getEmail      n        return  test        Login  is a form bean with the appropriate setter and getters   i presume this bit of code in my dispatcher servlet should take care of the annotation scanning    lt context component-scan     base-package  com testAnnFu controller    gt    and this is the shameful exception getting thrown when i try to load my landing jsp page    SEVERE  Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name  login  available as request attribute java lang IllegalStateException  Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name  login  available as request attribute     at org springframework web servlet support BindStatus  lt init gt  BindStatus java 141      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getBindStatus AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 174      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getPropertyPath AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 194      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getName AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 160      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag autogenerateId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 147      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag resolveId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 138      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 122      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractHtmlElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractHtmlElementTag java 408      at org springframework web servlet tags form InputTag writeTagContent InputTag java 140      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractFormTag doStartTagInternal AbstractFormTag java 102      at org springframework web servlet tags RequestContextAwareTag doStartTag RequestContextAwareTag java 79      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form input 0 landing jsp java from  208      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form form 0 landing jsp java from  164      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspService landing jsp java from  107      at org apache jasper runtime HttpJspBase service HttpJspBase java 111      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache jasper servlet JspServletWrapper service JspServletWrapper java 403      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet serviceJspFile JspServlet java 492      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet service JspServlet java 378      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doInvoke ApplicationDispatcher java 787      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher invoke ApplicationDispatcher java 649      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher processRequest ApplicationDispatcher java 483      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doDispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 454      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher dispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 350      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher forward ApplicationDispatcher java 300      at org springframework web servlet view InternalResourceView renderMergedOutputModel InternalResourceView java 238      at org springframework web servlet view AbstractView render AbstractView java 250      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet render DispatcherServlet java 1047      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doDispatch DispatcherServlet java 817      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doService DispatcherServlet java 719      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet processRequest FrameworkServlet java 669      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet doGet FrameworkServlet java 574      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 734      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapperValve invoke StandardWrapperValve java 281      at org apache catalina core StandardContextValve invoke StandardContextValve java 175      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline doInvoke StandardPipeline java 655      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline invoke StandardPipeline java 595      at com sun enterprise web WebPipeline invoke WebPipeline java 98      at com sun enterprise web PESessionLockingStandardPipeline invoke PESessionLockingStandardPipeline java 91      at org apache catalina core StandardHostValve invoke StandardHostValve java 162      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter doService CoyoteAdapter java 330      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter service CoyoteAdapter java 231      at com sun enterprise v3 services impl ContainerMapper service ContainerMapper java 174      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask invokeAdapter ProcessorTask java 828      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask doProcess ProcessorTask java 725      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask process ProcessorTask java 1019      at com sun grizzly http DefaultProtocolFilter execute DefaultProtocolFilter java 225      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain executeProtocolFilter DefaultProtocolChain java 137      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 104      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 90      at com sun grizzly http HttpProtocolChain execute HttpProtocolChain java 79      at com sun grizzly ProtocolChainContextTask doCall ProtocolChainContextTask java 54      at com sun grizzly SelectionKeyContextTask call SelectionKeyContextTask java 59      at com sun grizzly ContextTask run ContextTask java 71      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker doWork AbstractThreadPool java 532      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker run AbstractThreadPool java 513      at java lang Thread run Thread java 680   WARNING  ApplicationDispatcher  sssmgt  PWC1231  Servlet service   for servlet jsp threw exception java lang IllegalStateException  Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name  login  available as request attribute     at org springframework web servlet support BindStatus  lt init gt  BindStatus java 141      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getBindStatus AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 174      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getPropertyPath AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 194      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getName AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 160      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag autogenerateId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 147      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag resolveId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 138      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 122      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractHtmlElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractHtmlElementTag java 408      at org springframework web servlet tags form InputTag writeTagContent InputTag java 140      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractFormTag doStartTagInternal AbstractFormTag java 102      at org springframework web servlet tags RequestContextAwareTag doStartTag RequestContextAwareTag java 79      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form input 0 landing jsp java from  208      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form form 0 landing jsp java from  164      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspService landing jsp java from  107      at org apache jasper runtime HttpJspBase service HttpJspBase java 111      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache jasper servlet JspServletWrapper service JspServletWrapper java 403      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet serviceJspFile JspServlet java 492      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet service JspServlet java 378      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doInvoke ApplicationDispatcher java 787      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher invoke ApplicationDispatcher java 649      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher processRequest ApplicationDispatcher java 483      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doDispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 454      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher dispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 350      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher forward ApplicationDispatcher java 300      at org springframework web servlet view InternalResourceView renderMergedOutputModel InternalResourceView java 238      at org springframework web servlet view AbstractView render AbstractView java 250      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet render DispatcherServlet java 1047      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doDispatch DispatcherServlet java 817      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doService DispatcherServlet java 719      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet processRequest FrameworkServlet java 669      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet doGet FrameworkServlet java 574      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 734      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapperValve invoke StandardWrapperValve java 281      at org apache catalina core StandardContextValve invoke StandardContextValve java 175      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline doInvoke StandardPipeline java 655      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline invoke StandardPipeline java 595      at com sun enterprise web WebPipeline invoke WebPipeline java 98      at com sun enterprise web PESessionLockingStandardPipeline invoke PESessionLockingStandardPipeline java 91      at org apache catalina core StandardHostValve invoke StandardHostValve java 162      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter doService CoyoteAdapter java 330      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter service CoyoteAdapter java 231      at com sun enterprise v3 services impl ContainerMapper service ContainerMapper java 174      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask invokeAdapter ProcessorTask java 828      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask doProcess ProcessorTask java 725      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask process ProcessorTask java 1019      at com sun grizzly http DefaultProtocolFilter execute DefaultProtocolFilter java 225      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain executeProtocolFilter DefaultProtocolChain java 137      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 104      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 90      at com sun grizzly http HttpProtocolChain execute HttpProtocolChain java 79      at com sun grizzly ProtocolChainContextTask doCall ProtocolChainContextTask java 54      at com sun grizzly SelectionKeyContextTask call SelectionKeyContextTask java 59      at com sun grizzly ContextTask run ContextTask java 71      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker doWork AbstractThreadPool java 532      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker run AbstractThreadPool java 513      at java lang Thread run Thread java 680   WARNING  StandardWrapperValve dispatcher   PWC1406  Servlet service   for servlet dispatcher threw exception java lang IllegalStateException  Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name  login  available as request attribute     at org springframework web servlet support BindStatus  lt init gt  BindStatus java 141      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getBindStatus AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 174      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getPropertyPath AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 194      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag getName AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 160      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag autogenerateId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 147      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag resolveId AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 138      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractDataBoundFormElementTag java 122      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractHtmlElementTag writeDefaultAttributes AbstractHtmlElementTag java 408      at org springframework web servlet tags form InputTag writeTagContent InputTag java 140      at org springframework web servlet tags form AbstractFormTag doStartTagInternal AbstractFormTag java 102      at org springframework web servlet tags RequestContextAwareTag doStartTag RequestContextAwareTag java 79      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form input 0 landing jsp java from  208      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspx meth form form 0 landing jsp java from  164      at org apache jsp WEB 002dINF jsp landing jsp  jspService landing jsp java from  107      at org apache jasper runtime HttpJspBase service HttpJspBase java 111      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache jasper servlet JspServletWrapper service JspServletWrapper java 403      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet serviceJspFile JspServlet java 492      at org apache jasper servlet JspServlet service JspServlet java 378      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doInvoke ApplicationDispatcher java 787      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher invoke ApplicationDispatcher java 649      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher processRequest ApplicationDispatcher java 483      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher doDispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 454      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher dispatch ApplicationDispatcher java 350      at org apache catalina core ApplicationDispatcher forward ApplicationDispatcher java 300      at org springframework web servlet view InternalResourceView renderMergedOutputModel InternalResourceView java 238      at org springframework web servlet view AbstractView render AbstractView java 250      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet render DispatcherServlet java 1047      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doDispatch DispatcherServlet java 817      at org springframework web servlet DispatcherServlet doService DispatcherServlet java 719      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet processRequest FrameworkServlet java 669      at org springframework web servlet FrameworkServlet doGet FrameworkServlet java 574      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 734      at javax servlet http HttpServlet service HttpServlet java 847      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapper service StandardWrapper java 1539      at org apache catalina core StandardWrapperValve invoke StandardWrapperValve java 281      at org apache catalina core StandardContextValve invoke StandardContextValve java 175      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline doInvoke StandardPipeline java 655      at org apache catalina core StandardPipeline invoke StandardPipeline java 595      at com sun enterprise web WebPipeline invoke WebPipeline java 98      at com sun enterprise web PESessionLockingStandardPipeline invoke PESessionLockingStandardPipeline java 91      at org apache catalina core StandardHostValve invoke StandardHostValve java 162      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter doService CoyoteAdapter java 330      at org apache catalina connector CoyoteAdapter service CoyoteAdapter java 231      at com sun enterprise v3 services impl ContainerMapper service ContainerMapper java 174      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask invokeAdapter ProcessorTask java 828      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask doProcess ProcessorTask java 725      at com sun grizzly http ProcessorTask process ProcessorTask java 1019      at com sun grizzly http DefaultProtocolFilter execute DefaultProtocolFilter java 225      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain executeProtocolFilter DefaultProtocolChain java 137      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 104      at com sun grizzly DefaultProtocolChain execute DefaultProtocolChain java 90      at com sun grizzly http HttpProtocolChain execute HttpProtocolChain java 79      at com sun grizzly ProtocolChainContextTask doCall ProtocolChainContextTask java 54      at com sun grizzly SelectionKeyContextTask call SelectionKeyContextTask java 59      at com sun grizzly ContextTask run ContextTask java 71      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker doWork AbstractThreadPool java 532      at com sun grizzly util AbstractThreadPool Worker run AbstractThreadPool java 513      at java lang Thread run Thread java 680    I knocked off the form input part and had a bare jsp page  that seems to load  only when i introduce the inputs are things going wrong   i know there is something terribly wrong with my understanding of how this whole annotation thing gets wired up and maps to the ModelAttribute  I ve rummaged through all combinations and posts in StOv for similar exceptions  but I ve clearly missed something  could someone be so kind as to point out my blunder here

User · Answer

the first time when you are returning your form make sure you pass the model attribute the form requires which can be done by adding the below code

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String login(Login login)
    return "test";
}

By default the model attribute name is taken as Bean class's name with first lowercase letter

By doing this the form which expects a backing object naming "login" will be made available to it

after the form is submitted you can do the validation by passing your bean object and bindingresult as the method parameters as shown below

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String login(    @ModelAttribute("login") Login login,
                        BindingResult result)

User · Answer

I had problem like this  but with several  actions   My solution looks like this        lt form method  POST  th object    searchRequest   action  searchRequest   gt             lt input type  text  th field    name    gt             lt input type  submit  value  find  th value  find    gt       lt  form gt                   lt form method  POST  th object    commodity    gt           lt input type  text  th field    description    gt           lt input type  submit  value  add    gt       lt  form gt    And controller    Controller  RequestMapping   goods   public class GoodsController        RequestMapping value    add   method   GET      public String showGoodsForm Model model              model addAttribute new Commodity                model addAttribute  searchRequest   new SearchRequest                return  goodsForm              RequestMapping value    add   method   POST      public ModelAndView processAddCommodities               Valid Commodity commodity              Errors errors            if  errors hasErrors                  ModelAndView model   new ModelAndView  goodsForm                model addObject  searchRequest   new SearchRequest                 return model                    ModelAndView model   new ModelAndView  redirect  goods     commodity getName             model addObject new Commodity             model addObject  searchRequest   new SearchRequest             return model             RequestMapping value  searchRequest   method POST      public String processFindCommodity SearchRequest commodity  Model model                    return  catalog           I m sure - here is not  best practice   but it is works without  Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name available as request attribute

User · Answer

In the controller  you need to add the login object as an attribute of the model   model addAttribute  login   new Login       Like this    RequestMapping value        method   RequestMethod GET   public String displayLogin Model model         model addAttribute  login   new Login          return  login

User · Answer

You would have got this Exception while doing a GET on http://localhost:8080/projectname/login

As Vinay has correctly stated you can definitely use

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET) 
public String displayLogin(Model model) { 
    model.addAttribute("login", new Login()); 
    return "login"; 
}

But I am going to provide some alternative syntax which I think you were trying with Spring 3.0.

You can also achieve the above functionality with

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET) 
public String displayLogin(Login loginModel) { 
    return "login"; 
}

and it login.jsp (assuming you are using InternalResourceViewResolver) you can have

<form:form method="POST" action="login.htm" modelAttribute="login">

Notice : modelAttribute is login and not loginModel. It is as per the class name you provide in argument. But if you want to use loginModel as modelAttribute is jsp you can do the following

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET) 
public String displayLogin(@ModelAttribute("loginModel")Login loginModel) { 
    return "login"; 
}

and jsp would have

<form:form method="POST" action="login.htm" modelAttribute="loginModel">

I know there are just different ways for doing the same thing. But the most important point to note here -

Imp Note: When you add your model class in your methods argument (like public String displayLogin(Login loginModel)) it is automatically created and added to your Model object (which is why you can directly access it in JSP without manually putting it in model). Then it will search your request if request has attributes that it can map with the new ModelObject create. If yes Spring will inject values from request parameters to your custom model object class (Login in this case).

You can test this by doing

@RequestMapping(value = "/login", method = RequestMethod.GET) 
public String displayLogin(Login loginModel, Model model) { 
    System.out.println(model.asMap().get("login").equals(loginModel));
    return "login"; 
}

Note : Above creating of new custom model object may not hold true if you have given @SessionAttributes({"login"}). In this case it will get from session and populate values.

User · Answer

I had a similar problem in IntelliJ IDEA. My code was 100% correct, but after starting the Tomcat, you receive an exception. java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult

I just removed and added again Tomcat configuration. And it worked for me.

A picture Tomcat configuration

User · Answer

Just add     model addAttribute  login   new Login       to your method     it will work

User · Answer

If you have Model or transfer object passed to GET method but still have this error  check naming of your variables  Use entity transfer object names in camelcase  I had BusinessTripDTO object and named it  trip  for short  It caused this error to occure  even I had all other parts in place  Renaming varaibles to businessTripDTO in Java and Thymeleaf solved this problem for me

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