Spring MVC - Using @RequestMapping without path on class level

On class level @RequestMapping or @RequestMapping("") will map to only root url "/".

Example

@Controller
@RequestMapping("")
public class MyController {

  @ResponseBody
  @RequestMapping
  public String handler() {
      return "response from handler()";
  }
}

Running example

mvn tomcat7:run-war

Output

Check out this example as well when @RequestMapping without path is used on method level.

Example Project

Dependencies and Technologies Used:

• spring-webmvc 5.0.4.RELEASE: Spring Web MVC.
• javax.servlet-api 3.0.1 Java Servlet API
• JDK 1.8
• Maven 3.3.9