Configuring route matching patterns
When we build web applications, it is not always the case that a default, out-of-the-box, mapping configuration is applicable. At times, we want to create our RESTful URLs that contain characters such as . (dot), which Spring treats as a delimiter defining format, for example the dot in path.xml, or we might not want to recognize a trailing slash, as in /home/, and so on. Conveniently, Spring provides us with a way to get this accomplished with ease.
In Chapter 2, Configuring Web Applications, we introduced a WebConfiguration class, which extends from WebMvcConfigurerAdapter. This extension allows us to override methods that are geared toward adding filters, formatters, and many more. It also has methods that ...
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