@SessionAttribute : When is the model initialized?

Question

When I want a model in Session scope in Spring 3, I use the foll. annotation in a Controller:-

    @SessionAttribute(\"myModel\");

However,

Answer 1

You can annotate methods with @ModelAttribute, if the attribute name is the same as specified in the the @SessionAttribute annotation then the attribute will be stored in the session. Here is a complete example :

@Controller   
@RequestMapping(value = "/test.htm") 
@SessionAttributes("myModel")
public class DeleteNewsFormController {

    // Add you model object to the session here
    @ModelAttribute("myModel")
    public String getResultSet() {
        return "Hello";
    }

    //retreive objects from the session
    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public @ResponseBody testMethod(@ModelAttribute("resultSet") String test, Model model) {