Associating a route to a controller method

In this recipe, you will learn how to define a controller method to be executed for a given route.

How to do it…

Here are the steps for creating a controller method for a given route:

1. Create a controller class in your controller package (for example, com.springcookbook.controller). This is a normal Java class annotated with @Controller:

   @Controller
   public class UserController {
   ...
   }

2. Add a controller method. This is a standard Java method annotated with @RequestMapping, which takes the route as a parameter:

   @RequestMapping("/user/list")
   public void userList() {
   ...
   }

How it works…

A request with the /user/list route will execute the userList()method.