Which two statements are true about the @RequestMapping annotation? (Choose two.)

Question

Options

• AIt can only be used to annotate a method inside an @Controller annotated class.
• BIt may be used to map a controller method to a view.
• CIt does not support HEAD method.
• DIt can be used as an alternative to @GetMapping or @PutMapping using method attribute.
• EIt is an annotation for mapping web requests to controller methods.

• A
  7% (3)
• B
  2% (1)
• C
  2% (1)
• D
  89% (41)

Explanation

@RequestMapping is Spring MVC's foundational web-request mapping annotation, making E straightforwardly true - it maps incoming HTTP requests to controller handler methods (and classes). D is true because @GetMapping and @PutMapping are simply composed shortcuts; @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET) is exactly equivalent to @GetMapping, so @RequestMapping can substitute for either by specifying the method attribute.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A - @RequestMapping can annotate both classes and methods, and works on @RestController as well as @Controller (and even plain @Component beans in some configurations), so "only inside @Controller" is too restrictive.
• B - The annotation maps requests to handler methods, not to views. View resolution is a separate concern handled by the return value and a ViewResolver, not by @RequestMapping itself.
• C - @RequestMapping fully supports RequestMethod.HEAD via its method attribute, so this is factually false.

Memory tip: Think of @RequestMapping as the parent/generic version, and @GetMapping, @PostMapping, @PutMapping, etc. as convenient child shortcuts. Any shortcut annotation can be replaced by @RequestMapping + the corresponding method = RequestMethod.XXX - that relationship is exactly what option D tests.

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