• @RequestParam - access to the Servlet request parameters, including multipart files, parameters will be automatically converted to declared method argument types, parameters can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Optional from Java 8, for optional request parameters defaultValue can be set as well

• @PathVariable – access to URI template variables, parameters can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Optional from Java 8

• @MatrixVariable - access to name-value pairs in URI path segments as described in RFC 3986, allows mapping variables from requests like /employees/id=1;name=John

• @CookieValue - bind the value of an HTTP cookie to a method argument in a controller, you can bind against simple types or Cookie class, cookie can be set with usage of HttpServletResponse, cookie can be set as required or optional via required attribute or with Optional from Java 8, when using required attribute, defaultValue can be used as well

• @RequestHeader – access request header values or all header key and values when binding against a Map

• @RequestBody – allows access to HTTP request body, content will be converted to method controller type by HttpMessageConverter, request body can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Java 8 Optional, can be used with @Valid for bean validation

• @RequestPart – allows to bind multipart HTTP requests to method parameter, content will be converted to method controller type, request part can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Java 8 Optional, can be used with @Valid for bean validation

• @RequestAttribute – allows access to HTTP request attributes populated on serverside during HTTP request by filter or interceptor, can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Java 8 Optional

• @ModelAttribute - access to an existing attribute in the model (instantiated if not present) with data binding and validation applied

• @SessionAttribute - access to pre-existing session attributes that are managed globally, can be made optional with usage of required attribute or Java 8 Optional

• @SessionAttributes - used to store model attributes in the HTTP Servlet session between requests, useful for multi-step from processing