Is it possible to have empty RequestParam values use the defaultValue?

Question

if I have a a request mapping similar to the following:

@RequestMapping(value = \"/test\", method = RequestMethod.POST)
@ResponseBody
public void test(@Reque         


        

Answer 1

You could change the @RequestParam type to an Integer and make it not required. This would allow your request to succeed, but it would then be null. You could explicitly set it to your default value in the controller method:

@RequestMapping(value = "/test", method = RequestMethod.POST)
@ResponseBody
public void test(@RequestParam(value = "i", required=false) Integer i) {
    if(i == null) {
        i = 10;
    }
    // ...
}

I have removed the defaultValue from the example above, but you may want to include it if you expect to receive requests where it isn't set at all:

http://example.com/test