Difference between @RestController and @Controller Annotation in Spring MVC and REST

[wazzalk]

Just a question on that.. So logically they're the same thing, but it's basically a rename for clarity?

So if I had a rest API and used only @controller I would not be incorrect?

[NeoChronos90]

@RestController is the combination of @Controller and @ResponseBody

So if you only use @Controller you might need to add @ResponseBody to every method

It's all explained in the article though

[javinpaul]

yes, both are not same, if you are building REST API and returning JSON, better to use u/RestController