In the following example, there is a method defined on RequestMapping--RequestMethod.GET. The showPage method will be mapped only to the GET request for URI /show-page. All other request method types would throw "method not supported exception":

    @Controller 
    public class UserController { 
      @RequestMapping(value = "/show-page" , method = 
      RequestMethod.GET) 
      public String showPage() { 
        /* Some code */ 
       } 
    }