Spring MVC and X-HTTP-Method-Override parameter

Question

I'm using Spring MVC, and I have a function to update a user's profile:

@RequestMapping(value = "/{userName}" + EndPoints.USER_PROFILE,
    method = RequestMethod.PUT)
public @ResponseBody ResponseEntity<?> updateUserProfile(
    @PathVariable String userName, @RequestBody UserProfileDto userProfileDto) {
    // Process update user's profile
} 

I've started using JMeter, and for some reason they have a problem with sending a PUT request with a body (either in a request body or using a request parameter hack).

I know that in Jersey you can add a filter to process the X-HTTP-Method-Override request parameter, so that you can send a POST request and override it using the header parameter.

Is there any way to do this in Spring MVC?

Thanks!

Answer 1

Spring MVC has the HiddenHttpMethodFilter which allows you to include a request parameter (_method) to override the http method. You just need to add the filter into your filter chain in web.xml.

I'm not aware of an out-of-the-box solution to use the X-HTTP-Method-Override header, but you can create a filter similar to the HiddenHttpMethodFilter yourself which uses the header to change the value rather than the request parameter.