Annotation Interface RestController


A convenience annotation that is itself annotated with @Controller and @ResponseBody.

Types that carry this annotation are treated as controllers where @RequestMapping methods assume @ResponseBody semantics by default.

NOTE: @RestController is processed if an appropriate HandlerMapping-HandlerAdapter pair is configured such as the RequestMappingHandlerMapping-RequestMappingHandlerAdapter pair which are the default in the MVC Java config and the MVC namespace.

Since:
4.0
Author:
Rossen Stoyanchev, Sam Brannen
  • Optional Element Summary

    Optional Elements
    Modifier and Type
    Optional Element
    Description
    The value may indicate a suggestion for a logical component name, to be turned into a Spring bean in case of an autodetected component.
  • Element Details

    • value

      The value may indicate a suggestion for a logical component name, to be turned into a Spring bean in case of an autodetected component.
      Returns:
      the suggested component name, if any (or empty String otherwise)
      Since:
      4.0.1
      Default:
      ""