Spring MVC @RestController and redirect

Question

I have a REST endpoint implemented with Spring MVC @RestController. Sometime, depends on input parameters in my controller I need to send http redirect on client.

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Answer 1

if you @RestController returns an String you can use something like this

return "redirect:/other/controller/";

and this kind of redirect is only for GET request, if you want to use other type of request use HttpServletResponse