What is the difference between @PathParam and @PathVariable

Question

To my knowledge both serve the same purpose. Except that @PathVariable is from Spring MVC and @PathParam is from JAX-RS. Any insights on this?

Answer 1

@PathVariable and @PathParam both are used for accessing parameters from URI Template

Differences:

• As you mention @PathVariable is from spring and @PathParam is from JAX-RS.
• @PathParam can use with REST only, where @PathVariable used in Spring so it works in MVC and REST.

See also: Difference between @RequestParam and @QueryParam Anotation