Can @PathVariable return null if it's not found?

Question

Is it possible to make the @PathVariable to return null if the path variable is not in the url? Otherwise I need to make two handlers. One for /simple

Answer 1

You could always just do this:

@RequestMapping(value = "/simple", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView gameHandler(HttpServletRequest request) {
    gameHandler2(null, request)
}

@RequestMapping(value = "/simple/{game}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView gameHandler2(@PathVariable("game") String game,
        HttpServletRequest request) {