What is the difference between @PathParam and @PathVariable

Question

To my knowledge both serves the same purpose. Except the fact that @PathVariable is from Spring MVC and @PathParam is from JAX-RS. Any insights on

Answer 1

QueryParam:

To assign URI parameter values to method arguments. In Spring, it is @RequestParam.

Eg.,

http://localhost:8080/books?isbn=1234

@GetMapping("/books/")
    public Book getBookDetails(@RequestParam("isbn") String isbn) {

PathParam:

To assign URI placeholder values to method arguments. In Spring, it is @PathVariable.

Eg.,

http://localhost:8080/books/1234

@GetMapping("/books/{isbn}")
    public Book getBook(@PathVariable("isbn") String isbn) {