Ive introduced a new controller for OMRS module management. This currently looks like,

package org.openmrs.module.web.controller;

import java.io.IOException;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
import org.openmrs.module.ModuleFactory;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;

@Controller
@RequestMapping(value = "/admin/modules/manage/")
public class ModuleManagementController {

	protected final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());

	@RequestMapping(value = "/checkdependencies", method = RequestMethod.GET)
	@ResponseBody
	public String manage(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response) throws IOException {
		System.out.println("Test ! triggered by the patient search action");

		return ModuleFactory.validateDependencies("moduleId");
	}
}

my plan is to have the moduleList.jsp call this via an ajax call. So in moduleList.jsp class, I've written the following,

var oTable;
	var path = "${pageContext.request.contextPath}/admin/modules/manage/checkdependencies";


	 function validateDependencies(id){
		  alert(id);
		  alert(path);
	$j.ajax({
		type : "GET",
		url : path,
		dataType : "text",
		success : function(data) {
			alert("xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
		}
	});
	return false;
	 }

Unfortunately, this doesn't seem to trigger the controller at all :(