How to specify default value for form input using Spring and Freemarker

I am using Spring MVC and Freemarker.

I have created a form and I want to put a default value into a formInput

<@spring.formInput 'search.value' ''/>

But the documentation is a bit weak 开发者_运维问答and I can't figure out how to specify the default value for the field.

The way to do this is to set the value in the backing form, and not in template.