org.springframework.web.bind.annotation

Annotation Type PathVariable

@Target(value=PARAMETER)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface PathVariable

Annotation which indicates that a method parameter should be bound to a URI template variable. Supported for RequestMapping annotated handler methods in Servlet environments.

If the method parameter is Map<String, String> then the map is populated with all path variable names and values.

Since:

3.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma, Juergen Hoeller

See Also:

RequestMapping, RequestMappingHandlerAdapter

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
String	name The name of the path variable to bind to.
boolean	required Whether the path variable is required.
String	value Alias for name().

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(value="name")
public abstract String value

Alias for name().

Default:

""

name

@AliasFor(value="value")
public abstract String name

The name of the path variable to bind to.

Since:

4.3.3

Default:

""

required

public abstract boolean required

Whether the path variable is required.

Defaults to true, leading to an exception being thrown if the path variable is missing in the incoming request. Switch this to false if you prefer a null or Java 8 java.util.Optional in this case. e.g. on a ModelAttribute method which serves for different requests.

Since:

4.3.3

Default:

true