Pass parameter from Button to Java spring MVC controller - html

Question

I've been looking for something that might help me to solve this without success. What I need is just to call a Spring Controller by pressing a Button element, and pass from it a RequestParam("statusId" in this specific case). Is there a way to do this without using JavaScript?
I have the next html:
<div class="tablero col-lg-4 col-md-4 col-sm-6">
<div class="inner-content">
<div class="rate">
<div class="number">
<span>${package}</span>
<span class="text">REFERRALS</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="description">
<h3>
<i class="fa fa-shopping-bag"></i>
PACKAGE
</h3>
<label>Paquete</label>
<button class="btn-primary" onclick="location.href='listReferred.htm' id="package">GO TO LIST</button><!--The parameter should be send from this button-->
</div>
</div>
</div>
And the Spring MVC Controller:
#SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
#RequestMapping(value="/listReferred", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public String getListReferredPage(#RequestParam int statusId, Model model) {
RestTemplate restTemplate = new RestTemplate();
String url = URL_REFERREDTYPE_JSON+statusId;
List<SearchProspectTO> searchProspectToList = restTemplate.getForObject(url, List.class, statusId);
model.addAttribute("searchProspectToList", searchProspectToList);
return "portalInternoReferidos";
}

Answer 1

Surround at least the button element with a form, like this:
<form action="listReferred" method="get">
<button...
</form>
Add a name and value attribute to the button:
<button name="yourButton" value="[provide status id here]">GO TO LIST</button>
Alter #RequestParam int statusId to #RequestParam(value="yourButton") int statusId.
This will work except for older IE browsers - below Version 10 I think. These versions will return 'GO TO LIST' instead of the value.
As workaround you could use a hidden input, that has to be placed inside the form section as well.