I want to return a simple HTML page from a controller, but I get only the name of the file not its content. Why?
@RestController
public class HomeController {
@RequestMapping("/")
public String welcome() {
return "login";
}
}
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When using @RestController
like this:
@RestController
public class HomeController {
@RequestMapping("/")
public String welcome() {
return "login";
}
}
This is the same as you do like this in a normal controller:
@Controller
public class HomeController {
@RequestMapping("/")
@ResponseBody
public String welcome() {
return "login";
}
}
Using @ResponseBody
returns return "login";
as a String object. Any object you return will be attached as payload
in the HTTP body as JSON.
This is why you are getting just login
in the response.