What is the difference between using @RequestMapping before class and before method

[Abhra Kar]

What is the difference between these two---

@Controller
public class HomeController {

@RequestMapping("/home")
public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
}
}

and

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/home.htm")
public class HomeController {
public ModelAndView handleRequest(HttpServletRequest request,
HttpServletResponse response) throws ServletException, IOException {
......................................................................................................
......................................................................................................
}
}

If we want to call a controller against home.html(properly defined in dispatcher-servlet.xml) can we use any one of this interchangeably


waiting for reply
please help
thanks in advance

[Boris Romashov]

@RequestMapping on class makes that URL to be base for all @RequestMapping on methods.

[Abhra Kar]

Thanks a lot for the help