I have a @Controller with the following @RequestMapping annotation
@RequestMapping(value={"somevalue"},
method=RequestMethod.GET,
produces=MediaType.TEXT_HTML_VALUE)
public String findOneById(@PathVariable String id, Model model){
model.addAttribute(findOneById(id));
return "some view";
}
Observe it uses @PathVariable, based on URI, it works around /persons/{id}, for example for:
- /persons/100
- /persons/200
it retrieves an expected person.
that @RequestMapping method works fine when:
- I put the URL/URI in the same Web Browser address bar (.../persons/200)
- when I generate a report of items including for each one a link to see the details (.../persons/200).
I am trying to create a search form such as follows:
<body>
<spring:url var="findOne" value="/persons/" >
</spring:url>
<form action="${findOne}" method="get">
<table>
<tr>
<td><label for="id"><spring:message code="persona.id.label"/></label></td>
<td><input name="id" id="id" value=""/></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td></td>
<td><input type="submit" value="search"/></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
My problem is, when I press submit the form always generates/creates the URL to do the search in the format /persons?id=100. I know it is normal and is expected.
But just being curious and of course if is possible:
Question:
What would be the new configuration to generate a URI pattern such as /persons/100 instead of /persons?id=100 when I press the submit button?
I want avoid create a new @RequestMapping method working around with a @RequestParam (it for ?id=100). It to complement the @RequesMapping method working with @PathVariable (it for /100) version.
Thanks
