I am trying to access a RESTful web service I have written:
http://localhost:8080/dukegen/ws/family/1
but getting a 404 using the address bar in the browser and do not know why. I am trying to return JSON. I have put Jackson 2 on my classpath:
<dependency>
<groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
<artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
<version>2.3.1</version>
</dependency>
Here is the server output:
Jan 14, 2014 8:29:55 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/ws/family/{familyId}] onto handler 'familyResource'
Jan 14, 2014 8:29:55 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/ws/family/{familyId}.*] onto handler 'familyResource'
Jan 14, 2014 8:29:55 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractUrlHandlerMapping registerHandler
INFO: Mapped URL path [/ws/family/{familyId}/] onto handler 'familyResource'
Jan 14, 2014 8:29:55 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet initServletBean
INFO: FrameworkServlet 'dispatcher': initialization completed in 360 ms
Jan 14, 2014 8:29:55 PM org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet noHandlerFound
WARNING: No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/dukegen/ws/family/1] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcher'
Here is my Controller:
@Controller
@RequestMapping("ws")
public class FamilyResource {
@RequestMapping(value="family/{familyId}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces="application/json")
public @ResponseBody Family getFamily(@PathVariable long familyId) {
.... builds Family object ....
return family;
}
}
Here is my dispatcher set up in web.xml:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:/mvcContext.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/ws/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
My mvcContext.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
xsi:schemaLocation="
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context.xsd">
<context:component-scan base-package="ws.hamacher.dukegen.resource"/>
</beans>
Any help would appreciated.
Couple of things are not correct here.
First, in your request mapping, the mapping should be consistent.
Your class should be mapped to "/ws"
and your method which produces the result should be "/family/{familyId}"
In your web.xml you have configured the servlet to respond to /ws/*
and your controller is Request Mapped to ws
again.This wont work.
Once "/ws/*"
is intercepted by your servlet, it should not be repeated in the Request Mappings. The Controller responds to only the URL pattern within its context. Whatever is after "/ws"
in your URL is only in the context of the controller.
I generally prefer the servlet to be mapped to "/"
and all further resolutions coded within the controller. Just my preference, though.
So the correct configuration is
web.xml
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:/mvcContext.xml</param-value>
</init-param>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
and the controller
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/ws")
public class FamilyResource {
@RequestMapping(value="/family/{familyId}", method = RequestMethod.GET, produces="application/json")
public @ResponseBody Family getFamily(@PathVariable long familyId) {
.... builds Family object ....
return family;
}
}
After searching in several posts in the stackoverflow, and not finding decisive answers, it follows what I verified:
1) If you set in the request mapping in this way: "/rest/*", in web.xml or in the "getServletMappings" method of the "AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer" class, DO NOT define the same context name in the RequestMapping of RestController.
MySpringMvcDispatcherServletInitializer.java
import org.springframework.web.servlet.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer;
public class MySpringMvcDispatcherServletInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {
@Override
protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
// TODO Auto-generated method stub
return null;
}
@Override
protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
return new Class[] { DemoAppConfig.class };
}
@Override
protected String[] getServletMappings() {
return new String[] { "/rest/*" };
}
}
DemoRestController.java
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value="/rest")
public class DemoRestController {
// add code for the "/hello" endpoint
@GetMapping(value="/hello")
public String sayHello() {
return "Hello World!";
}
}
If you repeat "/rest" in RequestMapping of the RestController class, it won´t work. You´ll receive a 404 error while trying to access the url: http://localhost:9091/your-context-app/rest/hello
2) When we define "/rest/*" in the request mapping, we are indicating to the Servlet Dispatcher that from this context "/rest" everything will be handled by it. So change the mapping of the RestController by removing "/rest". Enter another mapping, for example "/test":
DemoRestController.java
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
@RestController
@RequestMapping(value="/test")
public class DemoRestController {
// add code for the "/hello" endpoint
@GetMapping(value="/hello")
public String sayHello() {
return "Hello World!";
}
}
3) Now, access the rest service with the URL: http://localhost:9091/your-context-app/rest/test/hello
This should work just fine!
Hope this helps.