Multiple Spring @RequestMapping annotations

Question

Is it possible to use multiple @RequestMapping spring annotations in a method? Like:

@RequestMapping("/")
@RequestMapping("")
@RequestMapping("/welcome")
public String welcomeHandler(){
 return("welcome");
}

Answer 1

@RequestMapping has a String[] value parameter, so you should be able to specify multiple values like this:

@RequestMapping(value={"", "/", "welcome"})

Answer 2

From my test (spring 3.0.5), @RequestMapping(value={"", "/"}) - only "/" works, "" does not. However I found out this works: @RequestMapping(value={"/", " * "}), the " * " matches anything, so it will be the default handler in case no others.

Answer 3

Doesn't need to. RequestMapping annotation supports wildcards and ant-style paths. Also looks like you just want a default view, so you can put

<mvc:view-controller path="/" view-name="welcome"/>

in your config file. That will forward all requests to the Root to the welcome view.

Answer 4

Right now with using Spring-Boot - { } won't work.

@RequestMapping

still has String[] as a value parameter, so declaration looks like this:

 @RequestMapping(value=["/","/index","/login","/home"], method = RequestMethod.GET)

Answer 5

It's better to use PathVariable annotation if you still want to get the uri which was called.

@PostMapping("/pub/{action:a|b|c}")
public JSONObject handlexxx(@PathVariable String action, @RequestBody String reqStr){
...
}

or parse it from request object.