Optional path variables in Spring-MVC RequestMapping URITemplate

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I have the following mapping:

@RequestMapping(value = "/{first}/**/{last}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String test(@PathVariable("first") String first,  @PathVariable("last")  
  String last) {}

Which for the following URIs:

foo/a/b/c/d/e/f/g/h/bar
foo/a/bar
foo/bar

maps foo to first and bar to last and works fine.

What I would like is something that maps everything between foo and bar into a single path param, or null if there is no middle (as in the last URI example):

@RequestMapping(value = "/{first}/{middle:[some regex here?]}/{last}", 
  method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String test(@PathVariable("first") String first, @PathVariable("middle")
  String middle, @PathVariable("last") String last) {}

Pretty stuck on the regex since I was hoping that something simple like {middle:.*}, which only maps to /foo/a/bar, or {middle:(.*/)*}, which seems to map to nothing.

Does the AntPathStringMatcher tokenize upon "/" prior to applying regex patterns? (making patterns that cross a / impossible) or is there a solution?

FYI this is in Spring 3.1M2

This seem similar to @RequestMapping controllers and dynamic URLs but I didn't see a solution there.

imxylz · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-26 09:27:51Z

In my project, I use inner variable in the springframework:

@RequestMapping(value = { "/trip/", // /trip/
        "/trip/{tab:doa|poa}/",// /trip/doa/,/trip/poa/
        "/trip/page{page:\\d+}/",// /trip/page1/
        "/trip/{tab:doa|poa}/page{page:\\d+}/",// /trip/doa/page1/,/trip/poa/page1/
        "/trip/{tab:trip|doa|poa}-place-{location}/",// /trip/trip-place-beijing/,/trip/doa-place-shanghai/,/trip/poa-place-newyork/,
        "/trip/{tab:trip|doa|poa}-place-{location}/page{page:\\d+}/"// /trip/trip-place-beijing/page1/
}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String tripPark(Model model, HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
    int page = 1;
    String location = "";
    String tab = "trip";
    //
    Map pathVariables = (Map) request.getAttribute(HandlerMapping.URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE);
    if (pathVariables != null) {
        if (pathVariables.containsKey("page")) {
            page = NumberUtils.toInt("" + pathVariables.get("page"), page);
        }
        if (pathVariables.containsKey("tab")) {
            tab = "" + pathVariables.get("tab");
        }
        if (pathVariables.containsKey("location")) {
            location = "" + pathVariables.get("location");
        }
    }
    page = Math.max(1, Math.min(50, page));
    final int pagesize = "poa".equals(tab) ? 40 : 30;
    return _processTripPark(location, tab, pagesize, page, model, request);
}

See HandlerMapping.html#URI_TEMPLATE_VARIABLES_ATTRIBUTE

peabody · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-16 17:01:38Z

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Can't be done as far as I know. Just as you stated, the regular expression is being applied to the path element after splitting up the path at each slash, so the regular expression can never match a '/'.

You could manually inspect the url and parse it yourself from the request object.

answered May 16, 2012 at 17:01

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:22:58Z

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It could be done by writing a custom path matcher and configuring Spring to use it. For example, such a solution is documented here: http://java.dzone.com/articles/spring-3-webmvc-optional-path

The link provides a custom path matcher and shows how to configure spring to use it. That should solve your need if you don't mind writing a custom component.

Also, this is a duplicate of With Spring 3.0, can I make an optional path variable?

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:22

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answered Nov 19, 2012 at 19:44

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Secondo · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-26 06:46:48Z

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try to use this

@RequestMapping(value = {"some mapped address","some mapped address with path variable","some mapped address with another path variable"})

array list of available url for specific method

But be careful on creating list of url when you are using @PathVariable in your method signature it cant be null.

hope this help

edited Sep 26, 2014 at 6:46

answered Sep 15, 2014 at 7:11

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