HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported - spring

Question

Creating a unit test with MockMvc I am running into:
HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported
Which causes the test case to fail expecting a '200' but getting a '405'. Some of the additional things you may see in the Junit are for Spring Rest Docs and can be ignored. Such as the #Rule or the .andDo() on the mockMvc Call. I have followed the following documentation Spring Rest Docs - Path Parameter and cannot seem to get it working.
Here is the Controller:
#RestController("/transferObjects")
public class TransferObjectController {
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET, produces="application/json")
public List<TransferObject> getTransferObjects(){
// do some magic
return null;
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/{name}", method=RequestMethod.POST)
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
public void addTransferObject(#PathVariable("name")String name){
// do magic
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/{name}", method=RequestMethod.DELETE)
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.OK)
public void deleteTransferObject(#PathVariable("name")String name){
// do magic
}
Here is the Junit Class:
public class TransferObjectControllerTest {
#Rule
public RestDocumentation restDocumentation = new RestDocumentation("target/generated-snippets");
private MockMvc mockMvc;
#Before
public void setUp() throws Exception {
this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup(new TransferObjectController())
.apply(documentationConfiguration(this.restDocumentation))
.build();
}
#Test
public void testAddTransferObject() throws Exception {
this.mockMvc.perform(post("/transferObjects/{name}", "hi"))
.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("transferObject",
pathParameters(
parameterWithName("name").description("The name of the new Transfer Object to be created."))));
}
And here is the console while running the test:
11:20:48.148 [main] INFO o.s.w.s.m.m.a.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter - Looking for #ControllerAdvice: org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.StubWebApplicationContext#5ab785fe
11:20:48.205 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.m.a.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver - Looking for exception mappings: org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.StubWebApplicationContext#5ab785fe
11:20:48.283 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Initializing servlet ''
11:20:48.307 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.c.s.StandardServletEnvironment - Adding [servletConfigInitParams] PropertySource with lowest search precedence
11:20:48.307 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.c.s.StandardServletEnvironment - Adding [servletContextInitParams] PropertySource with lowest search precedence
11:20:48.312 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.c.s.StandardServletEnvironment - Adding [systemProperties] PropertySource with lowest search precedence
11:20:48.312 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.c.s.StandardServletEnvironment - Adding [systemEnvironment] PropertySource with lowest search precedence
11:20:48.313 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.c.s.StandardServletEnvironment - Initialized StandardServletEnvironment with PropertySources [servletConfigInitParams,servletContextInitParams,systemProperties,systemEnvironment]
11:20:48.313 [main] INFO o.s.mock.web.MockServletContext - Initializing Spring FrameworkServlet ''
11:20:48.313 [main] INFO o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - FrameworkServlet '': initialization started
11:20:48.318 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Unable to locate MultipartResolver with name 'multipartResolver': no multipart request handling provided
11:20:48.318 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Using LocaleResolver [org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.AcceptHeaderLocaleResolver#63238bf4]
11:20:48.318 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Using ThemeResolver [org.springframework.web.servlet.theme.FixedThemeResolver#32b97305]
11:20:48.319 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Using RequestToViewNameTranslator [org.springframework.web.servlet.view.DefaultRequestToViewNameTranslator#2d2e6747]
11:20:48.319 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Using FlashMapManager [org.springframework.web.servlet.support.SessionFlashMapManager#417e7d7d]
11:20:48.319 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Published WebApplicationContext of servlet '' as ServletContext attribute with name [org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.CONTEXT.]
11:20:48.319 [main] INFO o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - FrameworkServlet '': initialization completed in 6 ms
11:20:48.319 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Servlet '' configured successfully
11:20:48.361 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - DispatcherServlet with name '' processing POST request for [/transferObjects/hi]
11:20:48.364 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.s.StandaloneMockMvcBuilder$StaticRequestMappingHandlerMapping - Looking up handler method for path /transferObjects/hi
11:20:48.368 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.m.a.ExceptionHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [null]: org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported
11:20:48.369 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.a.ResponseStatusExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [null]: org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported
11:20:48.369 [main] DEBUG o.s.w.s.m.s.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver - Resolving exception from handler [null]: org.springframework.web.HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException: Request method 'POST' not supported
11:20:48.369 [main] WARN o.s.web.servlet.PageNotFound - Request method 'POST' not supported
11:20:48.370 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Null ModelAndView returned to DispatcherServlet with name '': assuming HandlerAdapter completed request handling
11:20:48.370 [main] DEBUG o.s.t.w.s.TestDispatcherServlet - Successfully completed request

Answer 1

It appears I was able to fix this problem.
Taking a closer look at the console while running the test I noticed:
Mapped "{[],methods=[GET],produces=[application/json]}" onto public java.util.List<common.to.TransferObject> sf.common.controller.TransferObjectController.getTransferObjects()
Mapped "{[/{name}],methods=[POST]}" onto public void sf.common.controller.TransferObjectController.addTransferObject(java.lang.String)
Mapped "{[/{name}],methods=[DELETE]}" onto public void sf.common.controller.TransferObjectController.deleteTransferObject(java.lang.String)
this shows that it is mapping the controller request mappings to the specific RequestMapping the method holds. #RestController("/transferObjects") is not actually defining the mapping as a parent. For me to do that I must include #RequestMapping("/transferObjects") underneath the #RestController.
So by changing the parent mapping I can now use the following test case:
#Test
public void testAddTransferObject() throws Exception {
this.mockMvc.perform(post("/transferObjects/{name}", "hi"))
.andExpect(status().isOk()).andDo(document("transferObject",
pathParameters(
parameterWithName("name").description("The name of the new Transfer Object to be created."))));
}