Now that we have completed an example with Spring MVC, we are ready to understand the important concepts behind Spring MVC.
Important concepts behind Spring MVC
RequestMapping
As we've discussed in earlier examples, a RequestMapping is used to map a URI to a Controller or a Controller method. It can be done at class and/or method levels. An optional method parameter allows us to map the method to a specific request method (GET, POST, and so on).
Examples of request mapping
A few examples in the upcoming sections illustrate the variations.
