Java Spring RESTapi @RequestMapping method not working

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Folks,

If i understand the API correctly, method needs to be an enum, however, the following errors out.

@RequestMapping(value="/greeting",method=GET)
public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value="name", defaultValue="World") String name) {
    return new Greeting(counter.incrementAndGet(),
            String.format(template, name));
}

gradle build --info errors out with


/src/main/java/hello/GreetingController.java:20: cannot find symbol
symbol  : variable GET
location: class main.java.hello.GreetingController
    @RequestMapping(value="/greeting",method=GET)

It has indeed to be an enum but you have to either use RequestMethod.GET or have an import static RequestMethod.GET to make it work. If you don't have one of those it won't work. — M. Deinum
– M. Deinum, Commented Dec 28, 2014 at 22:00

Sezin Karli · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-28 22:01:46Z

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Try this:

@RequestMapping(value="/greeting",method=RequestMethod.GET)
public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value="name", defaultValue="World") String name) {

answered Dec 28, 2014 at 22:01

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wassgren · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-28 22:48:36Z

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At the top of your java file, add the following import statement:

import static org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod.GET;

That should import the GET enum and you should be all set to continue coding.

This enum is part of the spring-web module. If you are e.g. using maven the following dependency is required:

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
    <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId>
    <version>4.1.3.RELEASE</version>
</dependency>

answered Dec 28, 2014 at 22:48

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The Guy with The Hat Over a year ago

I would not recommend import static

wassgren Over a year ago

That may be but it would immediately solve the OPs problem.

Abhishek Mehta · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-22 02:24:39Z

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This worked for me:

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod;

answered Jun 22, 2015 at 2:24

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