Rename @PathVariable to @DestinationVariable in spring-messaging [SPR-11208]

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Pierre Fouché opened SPR-11208 and commented

I've noticed there are two distinct annotations @PathVariable:
The well known org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable
and the new org.springframework.messaging.handler.annotation.PathVariable.

This seems misleading to me, especially if one wants to mix standard @RequestMapping with @MessageMapping methods in the same controller.

Do we really need two annotations? They seem to have the same semantics.

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Affects: 4.0 RC2

Referenced from: commits 92dad18

[spring-projects-issues]

Rossen Stoyanchev commented

Oops, good catch and thanks! It's now @DestinationVariable since it is located in a spring-messaging package that can apply to other destinations, not necessarily path-like.

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Rossen Stoyanchev commented

Modified title (was "Two distinct annotations @PathVariable")