Spring MVC radiobutton example

Employee.java

/*
 *  Database table name is employees 
 *  column name is gender_status	
 *  data type is nvarchar(1)
 *
 */

/*
 *  Employee.java
 *
 */
 
@Entity
@Table(name = "employees")
public class Employee {

  public enum GenderStatus {
		
		M("M", "MALE"), F("F", "FEMALE");

		private String code;

		private String description;

		private GenderStatus() {
		}
		
		private GenderStatus(String code, String description) {
			this.code = code;
			this.description = description;
		}
		
		public String getCode() {
			return code;
		}

		public void setCode(String code) {
			this.code = code;
		}

		public String getDescription() {
			return description;
		}

		public void setDescription(String description) {
			this.description = description;
		}
	}

	private GenderStatus gender_status;
	
	public Employee() {
	}

	public Employee(GenderStatus gender_status) {
		super();
		this.gender_status = gender_status;
	}

	@Enumerated(EnumType.STRING)
	@NotNull(message = "Please enter Gender Status")
	@Column(name = "gender_status")
	public GenderStatus getGender_status() {
		return gender_status;
	}

	public void setGender_status(GenderStatus gender_status) {
		this.gender_status = gender_status;
	}
}

employee.jsp

/*
 *  employee.jsp
 *
 */

	<tr>
		<td>Gender Status</td>
		<td>
			<c:forEach var="gen_status" items="${genderStatusList }">
				<form:radiobutton path="gender_status" 
					value="${gen_status.code }" />${gen_status.description }
			</c:forEach> 
			<form:errors path="gender_status" cssClass="error" />
		</td>
	</tr>
	

EmployeeController.java

/*
 * EmployeeController.java
 *
 */
 
modelMap.put("genderStatusList", Employee.GenderStatus.values());