REST url with mvc controller - spring

Question

Maybe I'm missing something but I can not pass a small issue
I'm building a simple Spring Boot app and I am using MVC Controller: #Controller annotation
In my controller I have
#GetMapping("/trainee")
public String trainee(#RequestParam("id") long id, Model model) {
to enter that method I need to prepare url like this: /trainne?id=1 and I would prefer /trainee/1
I know that the second option is possible with REST Controller but I can not use it cause it does not support templates. Can I make a nice REST type url with mvc controller?
I will also add
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/trainees")
public class TraineeController {
When I use mapping like #Ken Chan suggested I receive
2018-12-28 18:49:50.740 DEBUG 5960 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 18:49:50.740 DEBUG 5960 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 18:49:50.740 DEBUG 5960 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 18:49:50.740 DEBUG 5960 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 18:49:50.740 DEBUG 5960 --- [nio-8080-exec-5] o.s.b.w.s.f.OrderedRequestContextFilter : Bound request context to thread: org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade#6c120aea
// adding full debug according to #Ben configuration
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Matching patterns for request [/trainees/trainee/1] are [/**]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : URI Template variables for request [/trainees/trainee/1] are {}
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapping [/trainees/trainee/1] to HandlerExecutionChain with handler [ResourceHttpRequestHandler [locations=[class path resource [META-INF/resources/], class path resource [resources/], class path resource [static/], class path resource [public/], ServletContext resource [/]], resolvers=[org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.PathResourceResolver#470d91ab]]] and 1 interceptor
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.b.w.s.f.OrderedRequestContextFilter : Bound request context to thread: org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade#3b6c5f54
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet' processing GET request for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.113 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /trainees/trainee/1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/trainees/trainee/1]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Matching patterns for request [/trainees/trainee/1] are [/**]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : URI Template variables for request [/trainees/trainee/1] are {}
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.handler.SimpleUrlHandlerMapping : Mapping [/trainees/trainee/1] to HandlerExecutionChain with handler [ResourceHttpRequestHandler [locations=[class path resource [META-INF/resources/], class path resource [resources/], class path resource [static/], class path resource [public/], ServletContext resource [/]], resolvers=[org.springframework.web.servlet.resource.PathResourceResolver#470d91ab]]] and 1 interceptor
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Last-Modified value for [/trainees/trainee/1] is: -1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Null ModelAndView returned to DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet': assuming HandlerAdapter completed request handling
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Successfully completed request
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.b.w.s.f.OrderedRequestContextFilter : Cleared thread-bound request context: org.apache.catalina.connector.RequestFacade#3b6c5f54
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet' processing GET request for [/error]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /error
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.b.a.e.w.s.WebMvcEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/error]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /error
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] a.e.w.s.ControllerEndpointHandlerMapping : Did not find handler method for [/error]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Looking up handler method for path /error
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerMapping : Returning handler method [public org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.BasicErrorController.errorHtml(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest,javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse)]
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Last-Modified value for [/error] is: -1
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.v.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver : Requested media types are [text/html, text/html;q=0.8] based on Accept header types and producible media types [text/html])
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.w.s.v.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver : Returning [org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$SpelView#517289db] based on requested media type 'text/html'
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Rendering view [org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.servlet.error.ErrorMvcAutoConfiguration$SpelView#517289db] in DispatcherServlet with name 'dispatcherServlet'
2018-12-28 21:22:43.128 DEBUG 13352 --- [nio-8080-exec-9] o.s.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet : Successfully completed request

Answer 1

You need to use #PathVariable annotation on inputs to use the url patter matching
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/trainees")
public class TraineeController {
#GetMapping("/trainee/{id}")
public String trainee(#PathVariable("id") String id, Model model) {
// Your code here
}
}
You can also add
logging.level.org.springframework.web=DEBUG to your application.properties in order to check what mappings spring has set up for you

Answer 2

Yes you need to make the REST type url with mvc controller. here is the bellow code to make the REST url.
#Controller
#RequestMapping("/trainees)
#ResponseBody
#RequestMapping(value="/update/{id}", method=RequestMethod.PUT)
public #ResponseBody MehodName(#PathVariable ("id") Integer id)
{
//write the logic of the method
}