@Entity
@Table(name = "categories")
public class Category {

    @Id
    @GeneratedValue(generator = "uuid2")
    @GenericGenerator(name = "uuid2", strategy = "uuid2")
    @Column(columnDefinition = "BINARY(16)")
    private UUID id;

    @Column(name = "category_code")
    private String categoryCode;

    @Column(name = "category_name")
    private String categoryName;
    ....
}

<div class="col-md-8">
    <form:form action="saveCategory" modelAttribute="category" method="POST">
            <fieldset>
                <legend>
                    <button type="button" class="btn btn-primary btn-xs" id="addCategory"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-plus"></span>
                    </button>
                </legend>
                <div class="row">
                    <div class="col-md-2">
                    </div>
                    <div class="col-md-8">
                    <table id="catTable" class="table table-striped">
                        <thead>
                            <tr>
                            <th><label> Category Code: </label></th>
                            <th><label> Category Name: </label></th>
                            <th><label> Action: </label></th>
                            </tr>
                        </thead>
                        <tbody>

                        </tbody>
                    </table>
                </div>
                <div class="col-md-2">
                </div>
            </div>
        </fieldset>
        <br><br>
        <button type="submit" name="save" value="Save" class="btn btn-primary" style="position:absolute; right:0; bottom:0;">Save</button>
    </form:form>
</div>

/*  <!-- create dynamic table with modal value  -->  */
    $("#createCategory").on("click", function() {

        if ($(".current-row").length == 0) {
            $("#catTable tbody").append('<tr class="current-row"></tr>');
        }

        var id = $("#modal_id").val();
        var code = $("#modal_category_code").val();
        var name = $("#modal_category_name").val();

        var html = ""+
                    '<td class="code">'+ code + '</td>'+
                    '<td class="name">'+ name + '</td>'+
                    '<td class="width-80">' +
                        '<button type="button" class="btn-xs"> <span class="glyphicon glyphicon-edit"></span></button>' +
                        '<button type="button" onclick="delRow(this);" class="btn-xs"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-trash"></span></button>' +
                        '<input name="id[]" type="hidden" class="category-id" value="' + id  + '"/>' +
                        '<input name="category_code[]" type="hidden" class="category-code" value="' + code  + '"/>' +
                        '<input name="category_name[]" type="hidden" class="category-name" value="' + name  + '"/>' +
                    '</td>';

        $("#catTable tbody .current-row").html(html);
        $("tr").removeClass("current-row");
        $("#catModal").modal("hide");
    });

@PostMapping("/saveCategory")
public ModelAndView saveCategory(@ModelAttribute("category") Category category) {

    //save the category using service
    WebResponse response = categoryService.addCategory(category);

    if(response.getStatus().equals("error")) {
        return new ModelAndView("redirect:/admin/category/createCategory");
    }

    return new ModelAndView("category/show-category");

}