Spring-MVC controller redirect to “previous” page?

Here’s how to do it boys (Note this is RESTful Spring 3 MVC syntax but it will work in older Spring controllers):

@RequestMapping(value = "/rate", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String rateHandler(HttpServletRequest request) {
    //your controller code
    String referer = request.getHeader("Referer");
    return "redirect:"+ referer;
}