Is there a more efficient way of loading views within my java app?
First off, its not clear what you're trying to achieve, so its hard to evaluate. 

But, looking a the code there comes after you forward to the view, that could be confusing, because it will still execute. 

At a higher level, I also don't really see the need for this complicated of a setup to get to your edit page when you can just link straight to the edit jsp all nice an RESTful like.  If you're just experimenting and trying to learn that's cool, but if you're really trying to get something done then you should look at just using an existing framework.