/spring-rest

Problems solved in spring-rest

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spring-rest

Problems solved in spring-rest

  1. Can we have a single endpoint serving both GET & POST methods
    --> Yes, we can have that.
    Annottate both methods with @GetMapping() & @PostMapping with same path-url names at both the places

  2. Creation of a single endpoint to server both XML & JSON requests
    --> Yes, it is possible
    Add "jackson-dataformat-xml" dependency for conversion of JSON to XML (Version: 2.4.3)
    At Server Side:
    Annotate a RestController class with @Provider annotation
    Specify consumer at method level as:
    @Consumes({ MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
    Specify producer at method level as:
    @Produces({ MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})

    At the client side:
    Keep the request body input in JSON or XML format as required.
    Add the "Accept" header with value as "application/xml" or "application/json" as per the requirement

    We can send an XML and can retrieve the JSON if required

    Code Sample:
    --> https://github.com/sachin2smart/spring-rest/blob/master/springrestdemo/src/main/java/in/sachinshinde/springrestdemo/controller/MessageController.java