Spring Controller's URL request mapping not working as expected - model-view-controller

Question

I have created a mapping in web.xml something like this:
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/about/*</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
In my controller I have something like this:
import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
#Controller
public class MyController{
#RequestMapping(value="/about/us", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView myMethod1(ModelMap model){
//some code
return new ModelAndView("aboutus1.jsp",model);
}
#RequestMapping(value="/about", method=RequestMethod.GET)
public ModelAndView myMethod2(ModelMap model){
//some code
return new ModelAndView("aboutus2.jsp",model);
}
}
And my dispatcher-servlet.xml has view resolver like:
<mvc:annotation-driven/>
<bean id="viewResolver"
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver"
p:viewClass="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.JstlView"
p:prefix="/WEB-INF/jsp/"
p:suffix=".jsp"/>
To my surprise: request .../about/us is not reaching to myMethod1 in the controller. The browser shows 404 error. I put a logger inside the method but it isn't printing anything, meaning, its not being executed.
.../about works fine! What can be the done to make .../about/us request work? Any suggestions?

Answer 1

You need to use #RequestMapping(value="/us", method=RequestMethod.GET) or you need to request about/about/us

Answer 2

Since you have mapped "/about" in your web.xml, the url it will pass will be like this www.xyz.com/about/*
As your configuration says it will work for
www.xyz.com/about/about/us
www.xyz.com/about/about
In order to to work properly either use
/* in web.xml instead of /about
or change the controller's endpoint to
#RequestMapping(value="/us", method=RequestMethod.GET)
#RequestMapping(value="/", method=RequestMethod.GET)

Answer 3

Okay I got the thing working, here are things I added in the dispatcher-servlet.xml:
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping">
<property name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true" />
</bean>
<bean
class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
<property name="alwaysUseFullPath" value="true" />
</bean>