@RequestBody or @ModelAttribute with Spring+REST web services

Question

I am creating a Restful website and Web services for iPhone and android apps with Spring 3.1. In my application, i am using Spring Message Convertors (

Answer 1

Its @RequestBody. I feel its better to specify the mime type that you are expecting and producing as output using @RequestMapping as,

  @RequestMapping(value="/authenticate",produces="application/json",   
consumes="application/json",method=RequestMethod.POST)

Then register appropriate message converters with AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter

This message converter is responsible for Marshalling & unmarshalling of your request & response entity based on produces & consumes attributes.