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spring.mvc.view.prefix=/WEB-INF/jsp/
spring.mvc.view.suffix=.jsp

import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.ui.Model;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;

@Controller
public class HomeController {

    @RequestMapping("/")
    public String hello(Model theModel){

        Credentials theCredentials = new Credentials();

        theModel.addAttribute("credentials", theCredentials);

        return "homepage";
    }
}

public class Credentials {

private String username;
private String password;

public Credentials() {
}

public String getUsername() {
    return username;
}

public void setUsername(String username) {
    this.username = username;
}

public String getPassword() {
    return password;
}

public void setPassword(String password) {
    this.password = password;
}

<%@ taglib prefix="form" uri="http://www.springframework.org/tags/form" %>
<%@ page contentType="text/html;charset=UTF-8" language="java" %>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Homepage</title>
</head>
<body>

Welcome to the virtual deanery!!!
<br><br>

Please log in as Student or Teacher to continue:
<br><br>

<form:form modelAttribute="credentials">
<%--credentials are not found--%>

<%--somecode--%>

</form:form>


</body>
</html>