reference data is lost when form fails validation in spring3 annotation based controller

Programmer Question

I'm doing the spring 3 annotation based controller thing. Problem is, when it fails validation, the reference data is lost, namely the countryDivisions stuff. I didn't put it in the form because its not user editable data, and the orthodoxy here is that only user-editable data goes in the form. Do I have any other choice?

@Controller
public class MyInfoController {

   @Autowired
    private MyInfoFormValidator validator;

 private void loadReferenceData(ModelMap model) {
        model.put("countryDivisions",countryDivisionService.getCountryDivisionOrderedByCode());
    }

  @ModelAttribute
    private MyInfoForm loadMyInfo() {
        MyInfoForm form = new MyInfoForm();
     //load it up
    return form;
    }


    @RequestMapping(value="/editMyInfo", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String editMyInfo(ModelMap model ) {
        loadReferenceData(model);
        return "contactEdit";
    }

  @RequestMapping(value="/editMyInfo", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String saveMyInfo(ModelMap model, MyInfoForm form,BindingResult result ) {
        validator.validate (form,result);
        if (result.hasErrors()) {
            model.put("commandName", "myInfoForm");
            return "contactEdit";
        }
         //save some stuff
        return "redirect:viewMyInfo";
    }

}

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