Spring MVC Cache Control

Spring MVC Cache Control is an extension to Spring MVC that aims to simplify implementing HTTP/1.1 Cache-Control headers for annotated MVC controllers.

Usage

Add Spring MVC Cache Control to Your Project.

Maven Projects

<dependency>
    <groupId>net.rossillo.mvc.cache</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-mvc-cache-control</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.1-RELEASE</version>
    <scope>compile</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle Projects

compile 'net.rossillo.mvc.cache:spring-mvc-cache-control:1.1.1-RELEASE'

Configuration

Simply include net.rossillo.spring.web.mvc.CacheControlHandlerInterceptor in your Spring MVC configuration.

XML Web Application Context

<mvc:interceptors>
    <bean class="net.rossillo.spring.web.mvc.CacheControlHandlerInterceptor" />
</mvc:interceptors>

For XML contexts, this usually defaults to ${appName}-servlet.xml

Java Web Application Context

@Configuration
public class WebMvcConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter implements WebMvcConfigurer
{
    @Override
    public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry)
    {
        registry.addInterceptor(new CacheControlHandlerInterceptor());
    }
}

Annotate Your Controllers

Use the @CacheControl annotation on either (or both) type level @Controllers or method level @RequestMappings. The handler interceptor will read the annotations and generate HTTP/1.1 compliant cache-control headers. For example:

@Controller
public final class DemoController {

	/**
	 * Public home page, cacheable for 5 minutes.
	 */
	@CacheControl(maxAge = 300)
	@RequestMapping({"/", "/home.do"})
	public String handleHomePageRequest(Model model) {
		...
	}
}

See our spring-mvc-cache-control-demo project for full details.

Building from Source

1. Clone the repository from GitHub:

    $ git clone git://github.com/foo4u/spring-mvc-cache-control
   

2. Navigate into the cloned repository directory:

    $ cd spring-mvc-cache-control
   

3. The project uses Gradle to build:

    $ ./gradlew build
   

IDE Integration

IntelliJ IDEA

IDEA 13+ natively support Gralde projects. Simply choose to import an existing project and select the build.gradle file. Tick the checkbox to use the Gradle wrapper.

Eclipse

To generate Eclipse metadata (.classpath and .project files), use the following Gradle task:

$ ./gradlew eclipse

Once complete, you may then import the projects into Eclipse as usual:

File -> Import -> Existing projects into workspace

JavaDoc

Use the following Gradle task to build the JavaDoc

$ ./gradlew javadoc

Note: The result will be available in 'spring-mvc-cache-control/build/docs/javadoc'.

Contributing

Contributions are always welcome. Fork the repository, create a topic branch and send a pull request.