Trying to create REST-ful URLs with multiple dots in the “filename” part - Spring 3.0 MVC

Question

I\'m using Spring MVC (3.0) with annotation-driven controllers. I would like to create REST-ful URLs for resources and be able to not require (but still opt

Answer 1

Spring 3.2 has changed, and suggests that you set properties on the RequestMappingHandlerMapping bean, either explicitly (if not using the mvc namespace) or by using a BeanPostProcessor such as the following (you'll need to scan or instantiate it):

@Component
public class IncludeExtensionsInRequestParamPostProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
    @Override
    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
        if (bean instanceof RequestMappingHandlerMapping) {
            RequestMappingHandlerMapping mapping = (RequestMappingHandlerMapping)bean;
            mapping.setUseRegisteredSuffixPatternMatch(false);
            mapping.setUseSuffixPatternMatch(false);
        }
        return bean;
    }

    @Override
    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) { return bean; }
}

You can also just append :.* to your @RequestMapping, e.g. "/{documentPath:.*}" (see JIRA comment)