java - Working with multiple dispatcher servlets in a spring application -

in spring application, have following configuration classes spring environment:

webappinitializer.java

@order(value=1) public class webappinitializer implements webapplicationinitializer {      @suppresswarnings("resource")     @override     public void onstartup(servletcontext container) {       // create 'root' spring application context       annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext rootcontext = new annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext();       rootcontext.register(webappconfig.class);        // manage lifecycle of root application context       //container.addlistener(new contextloaderlistener(rootcontext));        // create dispatcher servlet's spring application context       annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext dispatchercontext = new annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext();       dispatchercontext.register(dispatcherconfig.class);        // register , map dispatcher servlet       servletregistration.dynamic dispatcher = container.addservlet("dispatcher", new dispatcherservlet(dispatchercontext));       dispatcher.setloadonstartup(1);       dispatcher.addmapping("/");     }  } 

webappconfig.java

@enablewebmvc @enabletransactionmanagement(mode=advicemode.proxy, proxytargetclass=true) @componentscan(value="spring.webapp.lojavirtual") @configuration public class webappconfig extends webmvcconfigureradapter {      @override     public void addresourcehandlers(resourcehandlerregistry registry) {         registry.addresourcehandler("/bootstrap/**").addresourcelocations("/bootstrap/").setcacheperiod(31556926);         registry.addresourcehandler("/extras/**").addresourcelocations("/extras/").setcacheperiod(31556926);         registry.addresourcehandler("/jquery/**").addresourcelocations("/jquery/").setcacheperiod(31556926);     }      @override     public void configuredefaultservlethandling(defaultservlethandlerconfigurer configurer) {         configurer.enable();     }  } 

dispatcherconfig.java

@controller @import(webappconfig.class) public class dispatcherconfig {      @bean     public viewresolver jspresolver() {         internalresourceviewresolver viewresolver = new internalresourceviewresolver();         viewresolver.setprefix("/web-inf/jsp/");         viewresolver.setsuffix(".jsp");         return viewresolver;     }  } 

i want add others dispatcher servlet application. first idea ass following code classes above:

in webappinitializer.java

a new block this, changing names in proper places:

// create dispatcher servlet's spring application context       annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext dispatchercontext = new annotationconfigwebapplicationcontext();       dispatchercontext.register(dispatcherconfig.class);        // register , map dispatcher servlet       servletregistration.dynamic dispatcher = container.addservlet("dispatcher", new dispatcherservlet(dispatchercontext));       dispatcher.setloadonstartup(1);       dispatcher.addmapping("/"); 

and add new class dispatcherconfig.java, name chosen in code above.

my questions are:

1) first of all, approach right way add new dispatcher servlet?

2) second, if answer question 1 'yes', names should change in webappinitializer?

3) in controller(s), how sinalize dispatcher servlet requisition should go? controllers use methods following call view:

@requestmapping(value="view_mapping") public method() {     modelandview mav = new modelandview()     mav.setviewname("view_name");     return mav; } 

you can have many dispatcherservlets want. need duplicate configuration , give servlet different name (else overwrite previous one), , have separate configuration classes (or xml files) it.

your controllers shouldn't care in dispatcherservlet run neither should include code detect (what if add another, , need keep modifying controllers fix that).

however while can have multiple servlets in general there isn't need multiple servlets , can handle single instance of dispatcherservlet.