Spring MVC Multiple Forms or Not?

Question

Hi,

I am facing a task here wherein I need to add an enhancement into an existing Spring MVC app written in 2.5.

My workflow is like this:

1. Retrieve list of Activity from DB then display it
2. Manager should approve first then the QA(Quality Assurance)

Now, I have this HTML markup for the first item.

//This is for the first item only
//For Cost Generation Item
<h4>Manager Approval:</h4>
<p>
    Attach File:<input  type="file" size="30" />
</p>
<p>
    Remarks:<textarea rows="5" cols="23"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
    <input  type="submit" value="Approve"/>
</p>
<h4>QA Approval:</h4>
<p>
    QA Remarks:
    <textarea rows="5" cols="23"></textarea>
</p>
<p>
    <input type="submit" value="Validate"/>
    <input type="submit" value="Reject"/>
</p>

I am facing this problem and I want to ask the following questions:

How Many forms?

1. Should I wrap all items into one form and generate one mapping?
2. Create each form for each item. (This will create multiple forms in one JSP and generate multiple mappings)

How to handle multiple submit buttons?

• How to check if the submit button click is Approve/Validate/Reject?

I am new to Spring and in Web development in general. Hope somebody can guide me on the correct approach.