Request path doesn't match. Why is it more specific?

Hi, I have a controller like this

Code:

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@Controller
@RequestMapping("/api")
public class ApiController {

@RequestMapping(value = "/board/{boardId}", method = RequestMethod.GET)

@RequestMapping(value = "/board/{boardId}/entries/{limit}/{offset}", method = RequestMethod.GET)

@RequestMapping("/**")

}

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The meaning of the last RequestMapping is to have a "catch-all" handler, so that if no /api/** path match a defined one, I will get in that "deafult" handler.

Code:

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/api/board/1

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gets correctly dispatched.

Code:

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/api/board/1/entries/20/0

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instead, goes in the "default" handler.

I'm aware that I can configure a defaultHandler property in the HandlerMapping, but still I would like to know why Spring thinks that /** is more specific than /api/board/{boardId}/entries/{limit}/{offset}

Thanks a lot!

This is why: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-8355 . Vote for it if it's bothering you as much as us...

Thanks, voted.