What causes “java.lang.IllegalStateException: Neither BindingResult nor plain target object for bean name 'command' available as request attribute”?

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I\'m trying to write a Spring MVC web applicati

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To make things simple with the form tag just add a "commandName" which is a horrible name for what it is actually looking for...it wants the object you named in the MdelAttribute annotation. So in this case commandName="movie".

That'll save you reading long winded explanations friend.