Return only string message from Spring MVC 3 Controller

Question

Can any one tell me how I can return string message from controller?

If i just return a string from a controller method then spring mvc treating it as a jsp view nam

Answer 1

Although, @Tomasz is absolutely right there is another way:

@RequestMapping(value="/controller", method=GET)
public void foo(HttpServletResponse res) {
    try {       
        PrintWriter out = res.getWriter();
        out.println("Hello, world!");
        out.close();
    } catch (IOException ex) { 
        ...
    }
}

but the first method is preferable. You can use this method if you want to return response with custom content type or return binary type (file, etc...);