diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml b/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..036a61c44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <groupId>com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns</groupId>
+    <artifactId>enterprise-patterns-parent</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <modules>
+        <module>spring-dispatcher-servlet</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </parent>
+
+    <build>
+        <pluginManagement>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5.1</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <source>1.8</source>
+                        <target>1.8</target>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+        </pluginManagement>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
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index 0000000000..e7220eec59
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+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>spring-dispatcher-servlet</artifactId>
+    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <packaging>war</packaging>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns</groupId>
+        <artifactId>enterprise-patterns-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>..</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+            <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+            <version>3.1.0</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+            <version>4.3.2.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.thymeleaf</groupId>
+            <artifactId>thymeleaf-spring4</artifactId>
+            <version>3.0.1.RELEASE</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-slf4j-impl</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
+            <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
+            <version>2.6.2</version>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-war-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <failOnMissingWebXml>false</failOnMissingWebXml>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+                <artifactId>jetty-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>9.4.0.M1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <webApp>
+                        <contextPath>/</contextPath>
+                    </webApp>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/RootConfiguration.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/RootConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9b22e411c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/RootConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet;
+
+import com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.models.Task;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+
+import java.util.*;
+
+@Configuration
+public class RootConfiguration {
+    @Bean
+    public Map<String, List<Task>> taskList() {
+        Map<String, List<Task>> taskMap = new HashMap<>();
+        List<Task> taskList = new ArrayList<>();
+        taskList.add(new Task("Clean the dishes!", new Date()));
+        taskMap.put("Cid", taskList);
+        return taskMap;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebConfiguration.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..90f4f48f50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet;
+
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.WebMvcConfigurerAdapter;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring4.SpringTemplateEngine;
+import org.thymeleaf.spring4.view.ThymeleafViewResolver;
+import org.thymeleaf.templatemode.TemplateMode;
+import org.thymeleaf.templateresolver.ServletContextTemplateResolver;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+
+@Configuration
+@ComponentScan("com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.web")
+@EnableWebMvc
+public class WebConfiguration extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
+    @Bean
+    public ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver(ServletContext servletContext) {
+        ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver = new ServletContextTemplateResolver(servletContext);
+        templateResolver.setPrefix("/WEB-INF/views/");
+        templateResolver.setSuffix(".html");
+        templateResolver.setTemplateMode(TemplateMode.HTML);
+        return templateResolver;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine(ServletContextTemplateResolver templateResolver) {
+        SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine = new SpringTemplateEngine();
+        templateEngine.setTemplateResolver(templateResolver);
+        return templateEngine;
+    }
+
+    @Bean
+    public ThymeleafViewResolver viewResolver(SpringTemplateEngine templateEngine) {
+        ThymeleafViewResolver viewResolver = new ThymeleafViewResolver();
+        viewResolver.setTemplateEngine(templateEngine);
+        return viewResolver;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebInitializer.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebInitializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a544b2cbac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/WebInitializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet;
+
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer;
+
+public class WebInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {
+    @Override
+    protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
+        return new Class<?>[]{RootConfiguration.class};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
+        return new Class<?>[]{WebConfiguration.class};
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String[] getServletMappings() {
+        return new String[]{"/example/*"};
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/models/Task.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/models/Task.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a84f156a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/models/Task.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.models;
+
+import org.springframework.format.annotation.DateTimeFormat;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+public class Task {
+
+    private String description;
+
+    @DateTimeFormat(pattern = "yyyy-MM-dd'T'hh:mm")
+    private Date due;
+
+    public Task() {
+    }
+
+    public Task(Date due) {
+        this.due = due;
+    }
+
+    public Task(String description, Date due) {
+        this.description = description;
+        this.due = due;
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() {
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(String description) {
+        this.description = description;
+    }
+
+    public Date getDue() {
+        return due;
+    }
+
+    public void setDue(Date due) {
+        this.due = due;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/GlobalDefaultExceptionHandler.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/GlobalDefaultExceptionHandler.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c44d0a5e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/GlobalDefaultExceptionHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.web;
+
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ControllerAdvice;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+@ControllerAdvice
+public class GlobalDefaultExceptionHandler {
+    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
+    public ModelAndView defaultErrorHandler(HttpServletRequest request, Exception e) throws Exception {
+        if (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(e.getClass(), ResponseStatus.class) != null) {
+            throw e;
+        }
+        ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView();
+        modelAndView.addObject("exception", e);
+        modelAndView.addObject("url", request.getRequestURL());
+        modelAndView.setViewName("error");
+        return modelAndView;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/HomeController.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/HomeController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e4e437a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/HomeController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.web;
+
+import com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.models.Task;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Controller
+public class HomeController {
+    @Autowired
+    private Map<String, List<Task>> taskMap;
+
+    @GetMapping("/*")
+    public String home(Model model) {
+        List<String> users = taskMap.keySet().stream()
+          .sorted()
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        model.addAttribute("users", users);
+        return "home";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/TaskController.java b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/TaskController.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6930464f81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/java/com/baeldung/enterprise/patterns/dispatcher/servlet/web/TaskController.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.web;
+
+import com.baeldung.enterprise.patterns.dispatcher.servlet.models.Task;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.Model;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/tasks")
+public class TaskController {
+    @Autowired
+    private Map<String, List<Task>> taskMap;
+
+    @GetMapping("/{username}/list")
+    public String listForm(
+      Model model,
+      @PathVariable("username") String username
+    ) {
+        List<Task> tasks = taskMap.get(username).stream()
+          .sorted((t1, t2) -> t1.getDue().compareTo(t2.getDue()))
+          .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        model.addAttribute("username", username);
+        model.addAttribute("tasks", tasks);
+        return "task-list";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/{username}/add")
+    public String addForm(
+      Model model,
+      @PathVariable("username") String username
+    ) {
+        model.addAttribute("username", username);
+        model.addAttribute("task", new Task(new Date()));
+        return "task-add";
+    }
+
+    @PostMapping("/{username}/add")
+    public String addSubmit(
+      @PathVariable("username") String username,
+      @ModelAttribute Task task
+    ) {
+        List<Task> taskList = taskMap.get(username);
+        if (taskList == null) {
+            taskList = new ArrayList<>();
+        }
+        taskList.add(task);
+        taskMap.put(username, taskList);
+        return "redirect:list";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fb18e8279a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/resources/log4j2.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<Configuration status="WARN">
+    <Appenders>
+        <Console name="Console" target="SYSTEM_OUT">
+            <PatternLayout pattern="%d{yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss.SSS} [%t] %-5level %logger{36}:%n[+] %msg%n"/>
+        </Console>
+    </Appenders>
+
+    <Loggers>
+        <Root level="info">
+            <AppenderRef ref="Console"/>
+        </Root>
+    </Loggers>
+</Configuration>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/error.html b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/error.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1b362e51a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/error.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+    <head>
+        <title>Error</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h2>Error:</h2>
+        <p th:text="|URL: ${url}|"></p>
+        <p th:text="${exception}"></p>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.html b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1a333ed641
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/home.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+    <head>
+        <title>Welcome to TaskTools!</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h2>TaskTools</h2>
+        <ul>
+            <li th:each="username : ${users}">
+                <a th:href="@{/example/tasks/{username}/list(username=${username})}" th:text="${username}"></a>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-add.html b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-add.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70f010e58d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-add.html
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+    <head>
+        <title th:text="|${username}: task add|"></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h2 th:text="|Adding a task to ${username}'s list:|"></h2>
+        <form method="post" action="#" th:action="@{/example/tasks/{username}/add(username=${username})}" th:object="${task}">
+            <input type="text" th:field="*{description}" placeholder="description"/>
+            <input type="datetime-local" th:field="*{due}" placeholder="due"/>
+            <input type="submit" value="Submit"/>
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-list.html b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fe628456f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/enterprise-patterns/spring-dispatcher-servlet/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/views/task-list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
+    <head>
+        <title th:text="|${username}: task list|"></title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h2 th:text="|${username}'s tasks:|"></h2>
+        <ul>
+            <li th:each="task : ${tasks}">
+                <p th:text="*{task.due}"></p>
+                <p th:text="*{task.description}"></p>
+            </li>
+        </ul>
+        <p>
+            <a th:href="@{/example}">Home</a>
+            <a th:href="@{/example/tasks/{username}/add(username=${username})}">Add new</a>
+        </p>
+    </body>
+</html>