Spring MVC Truncating Path Variable IP Address

Ran into an interesting Spring MVC convulsion.  If you use a path variable with a “.” in it, then the variable is truncated before it gets into your code via your controller. For instance, say you make a request like: /myapp/machine/12.4.55.137 And your spring controller handles it with this: @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = “/path/{ipAddress}”) […]

My Current Developer Setup August 2014

I’ve tried my hardest over the years to simplify things, but tools are tools.  A developer’s existence is tools.  When I think about it, sometimes the paradigm is like a good cook where less is more; for instance some people like using 1 IDE for everything — SQL, Java, Javascript.  Although I do cook like that […]