Unlocking Spring MVC: Mastering @Controller, @RestController, @RequestMapping, and Other Essential Annotations for Seamless Web Development

Introduction

Mastering Spring MVC’s request handling and controller annotations allows you to build efficient and maintainable web applications. Annotations like @Controller, @RestController, @RequestMapping, @RequestParam, @PathVariable, @RequestBody, @ResponseBody, and @ModelAttribute offer a flexible and concise way to handle client-server communication. By utilizing these annotations effectively, you can streamline request handling and make your Spring application more scalable and easier to manage

Unlocking Spring MVC: Mastering @Controller, @RestController, @RequestMapping, and Other Essential Annotations for Seamless Web Development

By the end of this guide, you will have a thorough understanding of how these annotations work and how to leverage them to build clean and efficient Spring applications.

Chart summarizing the key Spring annotations

Spring annotations

Table of Contents

1. @Controller
2. @RestController
3. @RequestMapping
4. @RequestParam