jquery - redirect to another page using a href and spring mvc -

i want change page when click on item in bootstrap navbar.

i'm trying this.

<li><a href="javascript:" name="mainpage"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-home"></span> main</a> 

and onclick method a is.

$("ul > li > a").click(function() {     $.post("redirect.html", { page : this.name } ); }); 

and spring controller is

@requestmapping("/redirect.html") public string redirect(@requestparam map<string, string> allrequestparams,         model model) {     logger.debug("attempt redirect");     string next_page = allrequestparams.get("page");     logger.debug("parameter page: " + next_page);     return "redirect: events"; } 

in debug window shows enters method redirect properly. page doesn't change.

what's problem?

the whole navbar looks this

<div id="navbaritems" class="collapse navbar-collapse">                     <ul class="nav navbar-nav">                         <li><a href="javascript:" name="mainpage"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-home"></span> main</a>                         <li><a href="javascript:" name="events"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-time"></span> events</a></li>                         <li><a href="#"><span class="glyphicon glyphicon-user"></span>users</a></li>                     </ul>                 </div>