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Java Spring Basics Modeling, Storing, and Presenting Data Using @PathVariable to Create a Dynamic Detail Page

Elias Carmona
Elias Carmona
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Posted by Elias Carmona
Elias Carmona
9,097 Points

Where does the gif.dateUploaded method come from?

gif-details.html

1 Answer

Daniel Phillips
Daniel Phillips
26,940 Points
Daniel Phillips
Daniel Phillips
26,940 Points

It's not a method. dateUploaded was one of the properties of a Gif object.

public class Gif {
    private String name;
    private LocalDate dateUploaded;
    private String username;
    private boolean favorite;
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in the gif-details.html template, we have the following line:

<p th:text="'Uploaded on ' + ${gif.dateUploaded}">Uploaded on Oct 30 2015</p>

We are using SPring Expression Language (SPEL) to access the dateUploaded property (through the public getDateUploaded() getter) when we use th:text and $(gif.dateUploaded).