Spring MVC @PathVariable with dot (.) is getting truncated

Question

This is continuation of question Spring MVC @PathVariable getting truncated

Spring forum states that it has fixed(3.2 version) as part of ContentNegotiationManager.

Answer 1

In addition to Martin Frey's answer, this can also be fixed by adding a trailing slash in the RequestMapping value:

/path/{variable}/

Keep in mind that this fix does not support maintainability. It now requires all URI's to have a trailing slash - something that may not be apparent to API users / new developers. Because it's likely not all parameters may have a . in them, it may also create intermittent bugs