How to match a Spring @RequestMapping having a @pathVariable containing “/”?

Question

I am doing the following request from the client:

/search/hello%2Fthere/

where the search term \"hello/there\" has been URLencoded.

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Answer 1

    @Configuration
    public class AdditionalWebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurationSupport {
     .......
     ...........
     ...........
    @Override
    public void configureContentNegotiation(ContentNegotiationConfigurer 
    configurer) {
       configurer.favorPathExtension(false);
    }
    .......
    .......
  }

and add regex like this in @PathVariable("user/{username:.+}")