Spring MVC - Ability to use a Converter based on the Path Extension instead of Accep Header. [SPR-8546]

[spring-projects-issues]

Vijay Dendukuri opened SPR-8546 and commented

When "RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor" is used to handle the return value (by annotating the method with @ResponseBody), the HttpMessageConverter is choosen based on request header "Accept".

Please provide an ability to also choose a HttpMessageConverter based on pathExtension (similar to ContentNegotiatingViewResolver).

The HtppMessageConverter is choosed in the following class now.
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor
Method: writeWithMessageConverters

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Affects: 3.0.5

Issue Links:

• @RequestMapping should support accept header and url extension [SPR-6497] #11163 @RequestMapping should support accept header and url extension ("duplicates")
• Content negotiation improvements [SPR-8410] #13057 Content negotiation improvements ("duplicates")

[spring-projects-issues]

Rossen Stoyanchev commented

Thanks for raising this. It's work that's already planned. See #13057.