As Java does not allow multiple annotations of the same type on a method, the only thing we can do is introduce a @RequestMappings annotation that can hold multiple @RequestMapping's, something like:

@RequestMappings{ @RequestMapping (value = "/company", method = RequestMethod.PUT), @RequestMapping (value = "/company", method = RequestMethod.POST, params = "method=put") }
public String update(Company company)

What would be VERY helpful is allow developers to introduce custom @RequestMapping implementations.. This might help in this case.

For example, I might have something like:
@DomainBasedRequestMapping(value = "/home.htm", domain = "mydomain.com")
public String method() {}

@DomainBasedRequestMapping(value = "/home.htm", domain = "myotherdomain.com")
public String method2() {}

I tried doing this in Spring 2.5 but it got VERY difficult.

@Grant: Adding support for custom @RequestMapping annotations is a nice feature to have, but pretty hard to implement. Feel free to create a separate issue for it, though.

Arjen –

Created an improvement request:
http://jira.springframework.org/browse/SPR-5269

Thanks!

After some thought, we will not implement this, because it really complicates the request mapping algorithms. Also, there are alternatives for the underlying cause issue:

• @RequestMapping already supports multiple paths
• Support for tunneling PUT and DELETE through POST is already tackled by SPR-5267, specifically, the HiddenHttpMethodFilter.
• Also, there is always the option of having multiple @RequestMapping methods, one delegating to another.