title: Spring Framework MVC Base Controller Method
body: <p>I have a number of controller methods spread over a number of classes. Every method takes a <code>Model</code> object and all of my methods populate some shared properties into the model (control the  navigation bar display mostly). Is there a way for me to plug a 'base' method into Spring? I want one method that can populate my shared properties and then go into the specific controller method (or reversed for that matter). Does anybody know how to do that?</p>