Spring Full-Stack Practical Cases

Jul 3, 2026 · Backend Development

7 Ways to Add a Unified Prefix to Spring Boot Controllers

This article explains why a common API prefix (e.g., /api/v1) is useful in microservice or front‑back separation projects and demonstrates seven practical techniques—custom DispatcherServlet registration, YAML configuration, SpEL‑based @RequestMapping, custom composed annotation, WebMvcConfigurer addPathPrefix, internal forwarding, Spring Cloud Gateway ProxyExchange, and Nginx reverse proxy—using Spring Boot 3.5.0 examples and code snippets.