(1) Is it possible to pass a JSON object to the url like in Ex.2?
No, because http://localhost:8080/api/v1/mno/objectKey/{"id":1, "name":"Saif"} is not a valid URL.
If you want to do it the RESTful way, use http://localhost:8080/api/v1/mno/objectKey/1/Saif, and defined your method like this:
@RequestMapping(path = "/mno/objectKey/{id}/{name}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public Book getBook(@PathVariable int id, @PathVariable String name) {
// code here
}
(2) How can we pass and parse the parameters in Ex.1?
Just add two request parameters, and give the correct path.
@RequestMapping(path = "/mno/objectKey", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public Book getBook(@RequestParam int id, @RequestParam String name) {
// code here
}
UPDATE (from comment)
What if we have a complicated parameter structure ?
"A": [ { "B": 37181, "timestamp": 1160100436, "categories": [ { "categoryID": 2653, "timestamp": 1158555774 }, { "categoryID": 4453, "timestamp": 1158555774 } ] } ]
Send that as a POST with the JSON data in the request body, not in the URL, and specify a content type of application/json.
@RequestMapping(path = "/mno/objectKey", method = RequestMethod.POST, consumes = "application/json")
public Book getBook(@RequestBody ObjectKey objectKey) {
// code here
}