Spring framework 4.3 introduced variants of the @RequestMapping annotation to better represent the semantics of the annotated methods.
The use of @GetMapping, @PostMapping, @PutMapping, @PatchMapping and @DeleteMapping
should be preferred to the use of the raw @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.XYZ).
Noncompliant code example
@RequestMapping(path = "/greeting", method = RequestMethod.GET) // Noncompliant
public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value = "name", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
...
}
Compliant solution
@GetMapping(path = "/greeting") // Compliant
public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value = "name", defaultValue = "World") String name) {
...
}
