Cannot have an @RequestMapping and @FrameworkMapping mapped to the same endpoint with different HTTP methods

[phillipuniverse]

Initially reported at https://stackoverflow.com/questions/45652009/broadleaf-apis-not-working

The example where this fails is CartEndpoint. We have an extension of the Broadleaf CartEndpoint called CustomCartEndpoint in DemoSite. The problem is that we overwrote the exact same URL that exists in the API module. So we essentially have this situation:

@FrameworkMapping(value = "/cart", method = RequestMethod.POST)
 public OrderWrapper createNewCartForCustomer(HttpServletRequest request) {
    ...
}

@RequestMapping(value = "/cart", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public OrderWrapper findCartForCustomer(HttpServletRequest request) {
    ...
}

The problem is when the DispatcherServlet goes looking for a HandlerMapping to resolve the current request, it first consults the default RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping (which is where all of the @RequestMapping endpoints go). The RequestMappingInfoHandlerMapping essentially only looks for something that matches the URL string and results in a partial mapping for the findCartForCustomer() method (which is a GET). Thus, it throws a 405 method not allowed rather than continue to send the request downstream to be handled by FrameworkMappingHandlerMapping, which is where all of the @FrameworkMapping methods are.

The workaround is to in CustomCartEndpoint in DemoSite extend the createNewCartForCustomer() method, put @RequestMapping on it and just call super. Thus, the final CustomCartEndpoint will look like:

@RestController
@RequestMapping(value = "/cart",
                produces = { MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE, MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE })
public class CustomCartEndpoint extends CartEndpoint {

    @Override
    @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public OrderWrapper findCartForCustomer(HttpServletRequest request) {
        try {
            return super.findCartForCustomer(request);
        } catch (Exception e) {
            // if we failed to find the cart, create a new one
            return createNewCartForCustomer(request);
        }
    }
    
    @Override
    @RequestMapping(value = "", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public OrderWrapper createNewCartForCustomer(HttpServletRequest request) {
        return super.createNewCartForCustomer(request);
    }
}