Using Spring form to add enum values of JSP page

At times it is required to add Enum values on the jsp page so that its easy to handle on the server side. To display this feature i am using spring 3.0 version.
Lets create a Java Enum Class and override some of its behavior

public enum WorkingDay {</code>

Monday("Monday"),
Tuesday("Tuesday");
Wednesday("Wednesday");
Thursday("Thursday");

private String description;

private WorkingDay(String description) {
this.description = description;
}

public String getValue() {
return name();
}

public void setValue(String value) {}

public String getDescription() {
return description;
}

public void setDescription(String description) {
this.description = description;
}

}

I just want 4 working days in a week 🙂 .

Now register a binder to the controller.

@InitBinder
protected void initBinder(HttpServletRequest request,
ServletRequestDataBinder binder) {</code>

binder.registerCustomEditor(WorkingDay.class, new PropertyEditorSupport() {
@Override
public void setAsText(String value) throws IllegalArgumentException {
if(StringUtils.isBlank(value))
return;

setValue(WorkingDay.valueOf(value));
}

@Override
public String getAsText() {
if(getValue() == null)
return "";

return ((WorkingDay) getValue()).name();
}
});

Set the WorkingDay object to the model object for the view. It should be in the same controller in which the above binder is registered.

@RequestMapping(value="/form", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView showForm() {
ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("/view_my_jsp");
model.addObject("workingday", WorkingDay.values());
return model;
}

Add the code in “view_my_jsp.jsp”

<form:radiobuttons path="type" items="${workinday}" />

The value of path should match the field name of the property of the command object passed.
The jsp page will contain four radio buttons.