Java Spring 4 (Annotated) Rest Controller not being hit by REST Client tool in Firefox - spring

Question

Hi,
I have a problem that is very confusing for me because the mapping should work and it looks like it does map when the Spring Boot is started in debug mode. I don't know where else I can check for an obvious solution to this problem.
Here is the application.properties:
server.port=8082
server.contextPath = /
Here is the SpringBootInitializer class that adds a further "/api" to the >Servlet registration:
public class App extends SpringBootServletInitializer {
#Bean
public DispatcherServlet dispatcherServlet() {
return new DispatcherServlet();
}
#Bean
public ServletRegistrationBean dispatcherServletRegistration() {
final ServletRegistrationBean registration = new ServletRegistrationBean(dispatcherServlet(), "/api/*");
final Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
params.put("contextClass", "org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext");
params.put("contextConfigLocation", "org.spring.sec2.spring");
params.put("dispatchOptionsRequest", "true");
registration.setInitParameters(params);
registration.setLoadOnStartup(1);
return registration;
}
//
#Override
protected SpringApplicationBuilder configure(final SpringApplicationBuilder application) {
return application.initializers(new MyApplicationContextInitializer()).sources(App.class);
}
public static void main(final String... args) {
new SpringApplicationBuilder(App.class).initializers(new MyApplicationContextInitializer()).run(args);
}
}
Here is the Controler which adds a further "users" to the mapping. The method >which I have set a debug point is the findAll and requires no futher mapping to >get to it (i.e. the root of /users/:
#Controller
#RequestMapping(value = users)
public class UserController extends AbstractController<User> {
#Autowired
private IUserService userService;
public UserController() {
super(User.class);
}
// API
// find
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
#ResponseBody
public void getItsWorking() {
System.out.println("It's Working!!!");
}
}
Here is the User entity:
#Entity
public class User implements IEntity {
#Id
#GeneratedValue(strategy = GenerationType.AUTO)
#Column(name="user_id")
private Long user_id;
#Column(name = "username", unique = true, nullable = false)
private String name;
#Column(unique = true, nullable = false)
private String email;
#Column(nullable = false)
private String password;
#Column(nullable = false)
private Boolean locked;
public User() {
super();
}
public User(final String nameToSet, final String passwordToSet, /*final
Set<Role> rolesToSet,*/ final Boolean lockedToSet) {
super();
name = nameToSet;
password = passwordToSet;
locked = lockedToSet;
}
// API
public Long getId() {
return user_id;
}
public void setId(final Long idToSet) {
user_id = idToSet;
}
public String getName() {
return name;
}
public void setName(final String nameToSet) {
name = nameToSet;
}
public String getEmail() {
return email;
}
public void setEmail(final String emailToSet) {
email = emailToSet;
}
public String getPassword() {
return password;
}
public void setPassword(final String passwordToSet) {
password = passwordToSet;
}
public Boolean getLocked() {
return locked;
}
public void setLocked(final Boolean lockedToSet) {
locked = lockedToSet;
}
}
Here is the output on my Spring Boot debug when it starts up:
Mapped "{[/users],methods=[GET]}" onto public
java.util.List<org.um.persistence.model.User>
org.um.web.controller.UserController.findAll(javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest)
So, it looks like it is mapping correctly, but when I hit it using the Rest >Client tool add on in Firefox, I get the following when doing a "GET" on the >following url: http://localhost:8082/api/users using Content-Type: application/json in my header .
What is going on? Very confused.

Answer 1

You should put a #RequestMapping("/api") on you class, and a #RequestMapping("/users") on your method (that should preferably return something to the client).
This ways your endpoint will be exposed as /api/users and you will be able to easily add further endpoints under /api/* into this class.