org.springframework.web.bind.annotation

Annotation Type RequestMapping

@Target(value={METHOD,TYPE})
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
public @interface RequestMapping

Annotation for mapping web requests onto methods in request-handling classes with flexible method signatures.

Both Spring MVC and Spring WebFlux support this annotation through a RequestMappingHandlerMapping and RequestMappingHandlerAdapter in their respective modules and package structure. For the exact list of supported handler method arguments and return types in each, please use the reference documentation links below:

• Spring MVC Method Arguments and Return Values
• Spring WebFlux Method Arguments and Return Values

Note: This annotation can be used both at the class and at the method level. In most cases, at the method level applications will prefer to use one of the HTTP method specific variants @GetMapping, @PostMapping, @PutMapping, @DeleteMapping, or @PatchMapping.

NOTE: When using controller interfaces (e.g. for AOP proxying), make sure to consistently put all your mapping annotations - such as @RequestMapping and @SessionAttributes - on the controller interface rather than on the implementation class.

Since:

2.5

Author:

Juergen Hoeller, Arjen Poutsma, Sam Brannen

See Also:

GetMapping, PostMapping, PutMapping, DeleteMapping, PatchMapping, RequestMappingHandlerAdapter, RequestMappingHandlerAdapter

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
java.lang.String[]	consumes The consumable media types of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.
java.lang.String[]	headers The headers of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.
RequestMethod[]	method The HTTP request methods to map to, narrowing the primary mapping: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, TRACE.
java.lang.String	name Assign a name to this mapping.
java.lang.String[]	params The parameters of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.
java.lang.String[]	path In a Servlet environment only: the path mapping URIs (e.g.
java.lang.String[]	produces The producible media types of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.
java.lang.String[]	value The primary mapping expressed by this annotation.

Element Detail

name

public abstract java.lang.String name

Assign a name to this mapping.

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used on both levels, a combined name is derived by concatenation with "#" as separator.

See Also:

MvcUriComponentsBuilder, HandlerMethodMappingNamingStrategy

Default:

""

value

@AliasFor(value="path")
public abstract java.lang.String[] value

The primary mapping expressed by this annotation.

This is an alias for path(). For example @RequestMapping("/foo") is equivalent to @RequestMapping(path="/foo").

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings inherit this primary mapping, narrowing it for a specific handler method.

Default:

{}

path

@AliasFor(value="value")
public abstract java.lang.String[] path

In a Servlet environment only: the path mapping URIs (e.g. "/myPath.do"). Ant-style path patterns are also supported (e.g. "/myPath/*.do"). At the method level, relative paths (e.g. "edit.do") are supported within the primary mapping expressed at the type level. Path mapping URIs may contain placeholders (e.g. "/${connect}")

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings inherit this primary mapping, narrowing it for a specific handler method.

Since:

4.2

See Also:

ValueConstants.DEFAULT_NONE

Default:

{}

method

public abstract RequestMethod[] method

The HTTP request methods to map to, narrowing the primary mapping: GET, POST, HEAD, OPTIONS, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, TRACE.

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings inherit this HTTP method restriction (i.e. the type-level restriction gets checked before the handler method is even resolved).

Default:

{}

params

public abstract java.lang.String[] params

The parameters of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.

Same format for any environment: a sequence of "myParam=myValue" style expressions, with a request only mapped if each such parameter is found to have the given value. Expressions can be negated by using the "!=" operator, as in "myParam!=myValue". "myParam" style expressions are also supported, with such parameters having to be present in the request (allowed to have any value). Finally, "!myParam" style expressions indicate that the specified parameter is not supposed to be present in the request.

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings inherit this parameter restriction (i.e. the type-level restriction gets checked before the handler method is even resolved).

Parameter mappings are considered as restrictions that are enforced at the type level. The primary path mapping (i.e. the specified URI value) still has to uniquely identify the target handler, with parameter mappings simply expressing preconditions for invoking the handler.

Default:

{}

headers

public abstract java.lang.String[] headers

The headers of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.

Same format for any environment: a sequence of "My-Header=myValue" style expressions, with a request only mapped if each such header is found to have the given value. Expressions can be negated by using the "!=" operator, as in "My-Header!=myValue". "My-Header" style expressions are also supported, with such headers having to be present in the request (allowed to have any value). Finally, "!My-Header" style expressions indicate that the specified header is not supposed to be present in the request.

Also supports media type wildcards (*), for headers such as Accept and Content-Type. For instance,

 @RequestMapping(value = "/something", headers = "content-type=text/*")
 

will match requests with a Content-Type of "text/html", "text/plain", etc.

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings inherit this header restriction (i.e. the type-level restriction gets checked before the handler method is even resolved).

See Also:

MediaType

Default:

{}

consumes

public abstract java.lang.String[] consumes

The consumable media types of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.

The format is a single media type or a sequence of media types, with a request only mapped if the Content-Type matches one of these media types. Examples:

 consumes = "text/plain"
 consumes = {"text/plain", "application/*"}
 

Expressions can be negated by using the "!" operator, as in "!text/plain", which matches all requests with a Content-Type other than "text/plain".

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings override this consumes restriction.

See Also:

MediaType, ServletRequest.getContentType()

Default:

{}

produces

public abstract java.lang.String[] produces

The producible media types of the mapped request, narrowing the primary mapping.

The format is a single media type or a sequence of media types, with a request only mapped if the Accept matches one of these media types. Examples:

 produces = "text/plain"
 produces = {"text/plain", "application/*"}
 produces = "application/json; charset=UTF-8"
 

It affects the actual content type written, for example to produce a JSON response with UTF-8 encoding, "application/json; charset=UTF-8" should be used.

Expressions can be negated by using the "!" operator, as in "!text/plain", which matches all requests with a Accept other than "text/plain".

Supported at the type level as well as at the method level! When used at the type level, all method-level mappings override this produces restriction.

See Also:

MediaType

Default:

{}