Spring: @ModelAttribute VS @RequestBody

Question

Please correct me if I am wrong. Both can be used for Data Binding.

The question is when to use @ModelAttribute?

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Answer 1

@ModelAttribute is used for binding data from request param (in key value pairs),

but @RequestBody is used for binding data from whole body of the request like POST,PUT.. request types which contains other format like json, xml.