How to handle requests that includes forward slashes (/)?

Question

I need to handle requests as following:

www.example.com/show/abcd/efg?name=alex&family=moore   (does not work)
www.example.com/show/abcdefg?name=alex&         


        

Answer 1

The first one is not working because you are trying to handle an entirely new URL which is not actually mapped your controller.

www.example.com/show/abcd/efg?name=alex&family=moore   (does not work)

The correct mapping for the above URL could be like the below code.

@RequestMapping(value = {"/{mystring:.*}" , "/{mystring:.*}/{mystring2:.*}"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String handleReqShow(
        @PathVariable String mystring,
        @PathVariable String mystring2,
        @RequestParam(required = false) String name,
        @RequestParam(required = false) String family, Model model)     {

I have tried the similar concept when my one controller is used to handle multiple types of request.