Using URI template patterns
In the previous chapters, you saw how to map a particular URL to a Controller's method; for example, if we entered the URL http://localhost:8080/webstore/market/products
, we would map that request to the list
method of ProductController
and list all the product information in the web page.
What if we want to list only a subset of products based on category, for instance, if we want to display only the products that fall under the category of laptops? If the URL entered is http://localhost:8080/webstore/market/products/Laptop
, and similarly if the URL is http://localhost:8080/webstore/market/products/Tablet
, we will like to show only tablets on the web page.
One way to do this is to have a separate request mapping method ...
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