PATCH method in tomcat with Spring MVC

java, spring, spring-mvc, tomcat, tomcat7

Solution

OK, I finally found the solution: http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.5.RELEASE/spring-framework-reference/htmlsingle/#mvc-ann-form-urlencoded-data

To support HTTP PUT and PATCH requests, the spring-web module provides the filter HttpPutFormContentFilter, which can be configured in web.xml:

<filter>
   <filter-name>httpPutFormFilter</filter-name>
   <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.HttpPutFormContentFilter</filter-class>
</filter>

<filter-mapping>
   <filter-name>httpPutFormFilter</filter-name>
   <servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
</filter-mapping>

<servlet>
   <servlet-name>dispatcherServlet</servlet-name>
   <servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
</servlet>

Problem

I'm using spring 3.2.4 and I read that Spring MVC 3.2.X explicitly supports the PATCH HTTP method : https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-7985 http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/3.2.0.RC1/reference/html/new-in-3.2.html However, when I deploy my app in Tomcat (7.0.41) I systematically get a 501 error when using the PATCH method. Why this doesn't work ? Is there a way to make it work ? Should I use another container instead of Tomcat ? EDIT: Here is my web.xml: ``` <web-app xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_2_5.xsd" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd" version="3.0"> <welcome-file-list> <welcome-file>index.html</welcome-file> </welcome-file-list> <context-param> <param-name>contextClass</param-name> <param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value> </context-param> <filter> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class> </filter> <filter-mapping> <filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name> <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern> </filter-mapping> ``` And my dependencies: ``` <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-context</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-web</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework</groupId> <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId> <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-core</artifactId> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-config</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> <dependency> <groupId>org.springframework.security</groupId> <artifactId>spring-security-web</artifactId> <scope>runtime</scope> </dependency> ``` Thanks in advance, Jerome

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