Getting matched router pattern?

[balatbn]

Suppose we have a scenario in which we want to map two(or more) patterns to a single controller method. Is there anyway we can get the matched pattern in the controller method? May be, via a pre-defined attribute from request?

For example, if we have one controller method that can serve both of these requests, is there anyway we can get the pattern "/users{id}" or "/managers/{id}" in the application code?

GET /users/{id}
GET /managers/{id}

[balatbn]

We managed to do this by overriding RoutingHandlerMapping and adding following line to getHandlerInternal method

request.setAttribute(HandlerMapping.BEST_MATCHING_PATTERN_ATTRIBUTE, route.path);

Would it be possible to add this to method in next release?

[Brian Clozel]

Hi @balatbn - you're right. This is a URL-based HandlerMapping, so it should make use of this.
I'll add this and release it in 1.2.1.

Thanks!

[Brian Clozel]

This fix is available right now in OSS Sonatype repo, for the 1.2.1-SNAPSHOT version.

Note: I've started a new 2.x branch line that relies on Spring 4.