sending status code along with entity in spring boot
package com.example.demo.com.example.demo.resource; import java.util.ArrayList; import java.util.List; import java.util.Optional; import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired; import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus; import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMethod; import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController; import com.example.demo.com.example.demo.model.Employee; import com.example.demo.com.example.demo.repository.EmployeeRepo; @RestController @RequestMapping(value = "/webapi") public class EmployeeResource { @Autowired private EmployeeRepo employeeRepo; @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/employees") public List<Employee> getAllEmployees() { return employeeRepo.findAll(); } @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.POST, value = "/addemployee") public ResponseEntity<Employee> addEmployee(@RequestBody Employee employee) { employeeRepo.save(employee); System.out.println(employee); return new ResponseEntity<Employee>(employee, HttpStatus.CREATED); } @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/employees/{employeeId}") public ResponseEntity<Object> getEmployee(@PathVariable String employeeId) { Optional<Employee> employee = employeeRepo.findById(employeeId); if (employeeRepo.findById(employeeId).isEmpty()) { return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.NO_CONTENT).body(employee); } else { return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.OK).body(employee); } } @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.DELETE, value = "/deleteemployee/{employeeId}") public String deleteEmployee(@PathVariable String employeeId) { employeeRepo.deleteById(employeeId); return "Record Deleted : " + employeeId; } @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.PUT, value = "/updateemployee") public ResponseEntity<Object> updateemployee(@RequestBody Employee employee) { if (employeeRepo.existsById(employee.getEmployeeId())) { employeeRepo.save(employee); return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED).body(employee); } else { return ResponseEntity.status(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND).body(employee); } } }