Difference between @RequestParam and @PathVariable in Spring MVC?

How to choose between the @RequestParam and @PathVariable in Spring MVC

Hello folks, if you are preparing for Java and Spring Interview then you must prepare for questions like difference between X and Y like difference between RequestParam and PathVariable annotation, they are very popular on both phone interviews as well as on face-to-face interviews.

In last couple of articles I have explained difference between @Contorller and @RestController annotation, @Bean vs @Component annotation, and @Controller vs @Service @Repository and in this article, I will explain the difference between PathVariable and RequestParam annotations in Spring Framework.

By the way, if you are preparing for Java and programming interview then In my earlier articles, I have also shared 25 Advanced Java questions, 21 Software Design Pattern questions, 10 Microservice Scenario based questions, 20 SQL queries from Interviews, 50 Microservices questions, 60 Tree Data Structure Questions, 15 System Design Questions, and 35 Core Java Questions and 21 Lambda and Stream questions which you can use for your Java interview preparation.

Now, coming back to the question, If you have been doing Java development then you know that Spring MVC is a…