Negotiation Content

  • Return XML

The client can request the response in XML format by setting the Accept header to application/xml. The conversion is automatic, managed by jackson library.

On pom.xml


<dependency>
    <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
    <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
</dependency>

  • Internationalization (i18n)

Create a messages.properties file in the same folder as application.properties.

good.morning.message=Good Morning

For other languages, create messages_x.properties files (e.g., for it, fr, de).


@Autowired
private MessageSource messageSource;

@GetMapping(path = "/hello-world-internationalized")
public String helloWorldInternationalized() {
    Locale locale = LocaleContextHolder.getLocale();
    return messageSource.getMessage("good.morning.message", null, "Default Message", locale);
}

Client need to set the Accept-Language header to the desired language.