diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/pom.xml b/spring-mvc-handlers/pom.xml
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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+	<artifactId>SpringMVCHandlers</artifactId>
+	<packaging>war</packaging>
+	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<name>SpringMVCHandlers Maven Webapp</name>
+	<url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+	<properties>
+		<springframework.version>4.3.4.RELEASE</springframework.version>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.5.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<maven-war-plugin.version>2.6</maven-war-plugin.version>
+	</properties>
+
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+			<artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+			<version>3.1.0</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+			<version>1.2</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
+			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
+			<version>${springframework.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<pluginManagement>
+			<plugins>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<source>1.7</source>
+						<target>1.7</target>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+				<plugin>
+					<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+					<artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+					<version>${maven-war-plugin.version}</version>
+					<configuration>
+						<warSourceDirectory>src/main/webapp</warSourceDirectory>
+						<warName>springMVCHandlers</warName>
+						<failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+					</configuration>
+				</plugin>
+			</plugins>
+		</pluginManagement>
+		<finalName>springMVCHandlers</finalName>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapterExample.java b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+
+@Controller
+public class AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapterExample {
+	@RequestMapping("/annotedName")
+	public ModelAndView getEmployeeName() {
+		ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("Greeting");
+		model.addObject("message", "Dinesh");
+		return model;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestMappingHandlerAdapterExample.java b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestMappingHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestMappingHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+
+@Controller
+public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapterExample {
+	@RequestMapping("/requestName")
+	public ModelAndView getEmployeeName() {
+		ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("Greeting");
+		model.addObject("message", "Madhwal");
+		return model;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/SimpleControllerHandlerAdapterExample.java b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/SimpleControllerHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/SimpleControllerHandlerAdapterExample.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.controller;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.AbstractController;
+
+public class SimpleControllerHandlerAdapterExample extends
+		AbstractController {
+	@Override
+	protected ModelAndView handleRequestInternal(HttpServletRequest arg0,
+			HttpServletResponse arg1) throws Exception {
+		ModelAndView model = new ModelAndView("Greeting");
+		model.addObject("message", "Dinesh Madhwal");
+		return model;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.xml b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.xml
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" 
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation=
+	  "http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc 
+	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.1.xsd     
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
+	<context:component-scan base-package="com.baeldung.spring.controller" />
+	<bean
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping"/>
+	<bean
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter"/>
+	<bean id="viewResolver"
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
+	  <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/" />
+	  <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
+	</bean>
+</beans>  
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.xml b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.xml
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" 
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation=
+	  "http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc 
+	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.1.xsd     
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
+	<context:component-scan base-package="com.baeldung.spring.controller" />
+	<bean
+	  class=
+	  	"org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping"/>
+	<bean
+	  class=
+	  	"org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter"/>
+	<bean id="viewResolver"
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
+	  <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/" />
+	  <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
+	</bean>
+</beans>  
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.xml b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.xml
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/resources/spring-servlet_SimpleControllerHandlerAdapter.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" 
+	xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc"
+	xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx" 
+	xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xsi:schemaLocation=
+	  "http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc 
+	  http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.1.xsd     
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context 
+      http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
+	<bean id="HandlerMapping"
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.BeanNameUrlHandlerMapping"/>
+	<bean name="/greeting.html"
+	  class="com.baeldung.spring.controller.SimpleControllerHandlerAdapterExample"/>
+	<bean id="viewResolver"
+	  class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">
+	  <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/" />
+	  <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />
+	</bean>
+</beans>  
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/Greeting.jsp b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/Greeting.jsp
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/Greeting.jsp
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+<html>
+<body>
+	<h1>Hello ${message}</h1>
+</body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+++ b/spring-mvc-handlers/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<web-app version="2.5" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee   
+    http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd">
+	<servlet>
+		<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
+		<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
+		<init-param>
+			<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
+			<param-value>classpath*:spring-servlet_RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.xml</param-value>
+		</init-param>
+		<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
+	</servlet>
+	<servlet-mapping>
+		<servlet-name>spring</servlet-name>
+		<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
+	</servlet-mapping>
+</web-app>  
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