Return only string message from Spring MVC 3 Controller

Question

Can any one tell me how I can return string message from controller?

If i just return a string from a controller method then spring mvc treating it as a jsp view nam

Answer 1

Simplest solution:

Just add quotes, I really don't know why it's not auto-implemented by Spring boot when response type defined as application/json, but it works great.

@PostMapping("/create")
public String foo()
{
    String result = "something"
    return "\"" + result + "\"";
}