It’s not supported by Servlet API to have the URL pattern wildcard * in middle of the mapping. It only allows the wildcard * in the end of the mapping like so /prefix/* or in the start of the mapping like so *.suffix. With the standard allowed URL pattern syntax your best bet is to … Read more
@PathVariable and @PathParam both are used for accessing parameters from URI Template Differences: As you mention @PathVariable is from spring and @PathParam is from JAX-RS. @PathParam can use with REST only, where @PathVariable used in Spring so it works in MVC and REST.
I would use buildAndExpand from UriComponentsBuilder to pass all types of URI parameters. For example: String url = “http://test.com/solarSystem/planets/{planet}/moons/{moon}”; // URI (URL) parameters Map<String, String> urlParams = new HashMap<>(); urlParams.put(“planet”, “Mars”); urlParams.put(“moon”, “Phobos”); // Query parameters UriComponentsBuilder builder = UriComponentsBuilder.fromUriString(url) // Add query parameter .queryParam(“firstName”, “Mark”) .queryParam(“lastName”, “Watney”); System.out.println(builder.buildAndExpand(urlParams).toUri()); /** * Console output: * http://test.com/solarSystem/planets/Mars/moons/Phobos?firstName=Mark&lastName=Watney … Read more