Forward HttpServletRequest to a different server

Question

I got a HttpServletRequest request in my Spring Servlet which I would like to forward AS-IS (i.e. GET or POST content) to a different server.

What would be

Answer 1

@RequestMapping(value = "/**")
public ResponseEntity route(HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {
    String body = IOUtils.toString(request.getInputStream(), Charset.forName(request.getCharacterEncoding()));
    try {
        ResponseEntity