@RequestMapping is a class level
@GetMapping is a method-level
With sprint Spring 4.3. and up things have changed. Now you can use @GetMapping on the method that will handle the http request. The class-level @RequestMapping specification is refined with the (method-level)@GetMapping annotation
Here is an example:
@Slf4j
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/orders")/* The @Request-Mapping annotation, when applied
at the class level, specifies the kind of requests
that this controller handles*/
public class OrderController {
@GetMapping("/current")/*@GetMapping paired with the classlevel
@RequestMapping, specifies that when an
HTTP GET request is received for /order,
orderForm() will be called to handle the request..*/
public String orderForm(Model model) {
model.addAttribute("order", new Order());
return "orderForm";
}
}
Prior to Spring 4.3, it was @RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET)
Extra reading from a book authored by Craig Walls
