@RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot

By
Rakesh
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Here we will see @RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot.

  • This annotation introduced in Spring  2.5, available in org.springframework.web.bind.annotation package.
  • It has optional elements consumes, headers, method, name, params, path, produces and value.
  • We use this annotation with the class as well as method.

Let’s see an example of @RequestMapping.

prerequisites –

  • JDK 1.8
  • Eclipse
  • maven
  • postman

Create maven project, Don’t forget to check ‘Create a simple project (skip)’click on next. Fill all details(GroupId – requestmappigexamle, ArtifactId – requestmappigexamle and name – requestmappigexamle) and click on finish. Keep packaging as the jar.

pom.xml

<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
  <groupId>requestmappigexamle</groupId>
  <artifactId>requestmappigexamle</artifactId>
  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
  <name>requestmappigexamle</name>
  
  <parent>
        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
        <version>1.5.2.RELEASE</version>
 </parent>
  <dependencies>
	<dependency>
            <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
            <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-web</artifactId>
        </dependency>
       
        
   </dependencies>
 
    
   
</project>

 

Define Contoller(Book.java), SpringBootMain(BookMain.java), and Entity class(BookController.java).

Book.java

package requestmappigexamle;

public class Book {
	int bookId;
	String bookName;
	String bookPrice;
	public int getBookId() {
		return bookId;
	}
	public void setBookId(int bookId) {
		this.bookId = bookId;
	}
	public String getBookName() {
		return bookName;
	}
	public void setBookName(String bookName) {
		this.bookName = bookName;
	}
	public String getBookPrice() {
		return bookPrice;
	}
	public void setBookPrice(String bookPrice) {
		this.bookPrice = bookPrice;
	}
	
}

The controller class for @RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot.

BookController.java

package requestmappigexamle;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 

 
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/test")
public class BookController {

	@RequestMapping(value = "/simpleuri",method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public Book getBook() {
    	Book book = new Book();
    	book.setBookId(109);
    	book.setBookName("book1");
    	book.setBookPrice("100");
    	
    	
    	
    	
		return book;
	}
}

 

BookMain.java

package requestmappigexamle;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.domain.EntityScan;
import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;

@SpringBootApplication
public class BookMain {
	public static void main(final String[] args) {
		final ConfigurableApplicationContext configurableApplicationContext = SpringApplication
				.run(BookMain.class, args);
		 
		 
	}
}

 

If you encounter any port related issue, define application.properties and change the port.

application.properties

server.port = 9093

Let’s run the BookMain.java and deploy the application.

 

Let’s test the URI –

@RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot

 

In the above example, we can see @RequestMapping annotation we are with the class as well as method. Also, we have seen two elements value and method.

 

Now suppose we want to produce XML instead of JSON, let’s modify the controller class.

package requestmappigexamle;
import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
 

 
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/test")
public class BookController {

	@RequestMapping(value = "/simpleuri",method = RequestMethod.GET,produces = MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE)
    public String getBookAsXml() {
    	
   
		 return "<Book>bookname1</Book>";
	}
}

 

@RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot

Although this is not a proper way to produce XML (See here how to produce XML response in real time development), here mainly we are discussing @RequestMapping and its elements. The same way we can reproduce JSON data.

That’s all about @RequestMapping annotation example In Spring Boot.

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