Mapping by using Interface

[Angus Ferguson]

Hi all,

using Spring Boot I have written a Class (Controller). This Class signature holds a @RequestMapping("path") annotation, and implements an Interface which contains another  @RequestMapping("path") annotation like this;

  @RequestMapping(value = "/path/",
        produces = { "application/json;charset=utf-8" }, 
        consumes = { "application/json;charset=utf-8" },
        method = RequestMethod.POST)

This Interface contained annotation is holded by a method.

Ths issue is that I reach the Class (from a Rest call) but the Interface method doesnt get reached.

This part of the code is not "reading" the Rest call.

[Stephan van Hulst]

Annotations are only inherited by sub-classes if the annotation itself is annotated with the meta-annotation @Inherited, which @RequestMapping is not. Besides, @Inherited only works when the annotated annotation applies to a class, not to interfaces.

In short, annotations on an interface are not inherited.