How can I add "required" attribute in Spring-MVC

Question

How can I add "required" attribute in Spring-MVC?

I want the ending tag to look like this

<input type="text" name="usrname" required>

So I am doing the following in my JSP

<form:input path="usrname" maxlength="12" required/>

But I am gettng a error

Answer 1

I found the fix. my code had to me like this

<form:input path="usrname" maxlength="12" required="required"/>

Now it works.. :)