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Java Spring with Hibernate File Uploads and Entity Updates in Spring + Hibernate A File Upload Form in Thymeleaf

Binyamin Friedman
Binyamin Friedman
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Posted by Binyamin Friedman
Binyamin Friedman
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What does the field attribute do?

What does the field attribute do?

2 Answers

Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
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Seth Kroger
Seth Kroger
56,414 Points

Thymeleaf's field attribute, or th:field is used to bind the form data in the front-end to the data properties in the back-end. It will automatically fill in the name, value, and id attributes of the form elements without having to do it manually.

More Info: http://www.thymeleaf.org/doc/tutorials/2.1/thymeleafspring.html#inputs

Timothy Hilley
Timothy Hilley
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Timothy Hilley
Timothy Hilley
2,292 Points

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10115588/what-is-the-difference-between-field-variable-attribute-and-property-in-java