Replace `@Controller` with `@RestController` and remove `@ResponseBody` annotations (Sonar)
sonar:java/simplify-rest-controller-annotations-s6833​
| Importance | Review Guidance | Requires Scanning Tool |
|---|---|---|
| LOW | Merge Without Review | Yes (Sonar) |
This change makes it harder for developers to make a mistake when writing REST controllers in Spring. By marking the top level type with @RestController, it is now assumed that all the methods within it will return a Java object representing the response body. Thus, there is no need to specify, for each method, the @ResponseBody annotation.
Our changes look something like this:
- import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
- import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
+ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;
- @Controller
+ @RestController
public class AccountController {
...
- @ResponseBody
public AccountDetails viewAccount() {
...