Override default dispatcherServlet when a custom REST controller has been created - spring

Question

Following my question here, I have succeded in creating a custom REST controller to handle different kinds of requests to /api/urls and operate accordingly.
However, there is still a default controller handling requests at /urls which affects my application: When receiving a request that is not /api/something, it should fetch my database for the URL linked to said /whatever and redirect the user there. Moreover, under /api/urls I've developed certain validation rules to ensure integrity and optimization of the requests, which does not jhappen in /urls so anyone could insert any kind of data into my database.
What would be a possible way to disable this default handler? Seeing the logs I headed to register my own ServletRegistrationBean as instructed here but this is for having two isolated environments as far as I understand
My goal is to simply "disconnect" /urls URL from the default REST controller -which is no longer of any use to me now that I have my own one- and just use the custom one that I implemented in /api/urls (Or whatever other URL I may decide to use such as "/service/shortener* if possible)
Below are my Java classes:
Url.java (getters and setters omitted for brevity):
#Document
public class Url {
#Id private String id;
private String longURL;
private String hash;
private String originalUrl;
private String shortUri;
private Date creationDate;
}
UrlRepository.java
import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
public interface UrlRepository extends MongoRepository<Url, String> {
// Empty
}
UrlController.java:
import java.util.List;
import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/api/urls")
public class UrlController {
#Autowired
private UrlRepository repo;
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET)
public List<Url> getAll() {
System.out.println("Showing all stored links");
List<Url> results = repo.findAll();
return results;
}
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.GET, value="{id}")
public Url getUrl(#PathVariable String id) {
System.out.println("Looking for URL " + id);
return null;
}
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.POST)
public Url create(#RequestBody Url url) {
System.out.println("Received POST " + url);
return null;
}
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.DELETE, value="{id}")
public void delete(#PathVariable String id) {
//TBD
}
#RequestMapping(method=RequestMethod.PUT, value="{id}")
public Url update(#PathVariable String id, #RequestBody Url url) {
//TBD
}
}
Application.java:
import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
#SpringBootApplication
public class Application {
public static void main(String[] args) {
SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
}
}

Answer 1

Instead of trying to hack your way around Spring Boot and Spring Data REST I strongly suggest to work WITH the frameworks instead of around them.
To change the default context-path from / to /api simply add a property to your application.properties file.
server.context-path=/api
Now you would need to change your controller mapping to /urls instead of /api/urls.
If you only want /api for Spring Data REST endpoints use the following property
spring.data.rest.base-uri=/api
This will make all Spring Data REST endpoints available under /api. You want to override the /urls so instead of using #Controller use #RepositoryRestController this will make your controller override the one registered by default.
#RepositoryRestController
#RequestMapping("/urls")
public class UrlController { ... }