Spring 7 and Jackson 3 update

geowebcache/core/pom.xml

@@ -145,16 +145,18 @@
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-annotations</artifactId>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <groupId>tools.jackson.core</groupId>
       <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>

geowebcache/core/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/config/XMLFileResourceProvider.java

@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@
 import org.geowebcache.storage.DefaultStorageFinder;
 import org.geowebcache.util.ApplicationContextProvider;
 import org.geowebcache.util.GWCVars;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
-import org.springframework.lang.NonNull;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
 /** Default implementation of ConfigurationResourceProvider that uses the file system. */

geowebcache/mbtiles/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/mbtiles/layer/MBTilesInfo.java

@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 import static org.geotools.mbtiles.MBTilesFile.SPHERICAL_MERCATOR;
 import static org.geotools.mbtiles.MBTilesFile.WORLD_ENVELOPE;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.logging.Level;
@@ -35,6 +32,9 @@
 import org.geowebcache.grid.BoundingBox;
 import org.geowebcache.layer.meta.TileJSON;
 import org.geowebcache.layer.meta.VectorLayerMetadata;
+import tools.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+import tools.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
+import tools.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 
 /** Info Object storing basic MBTiles Cached info */
 public class MBTilesInfo {
@@ -146,15 +146,20 @@ public void decorateTileJSON(TileJSON tileJSON) {
             int index = -1;
             if (json != null && ((index = json.indexOf("[")) > 0)) {
                 // skip the "vector_layers initial part and go straight to the array
-                json = json.substring(index, json.length() - 1).trim();
-                ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
-                List<VectorLayerMetadata> layers = null;
-                try {
-                    layers = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
-                } catch (JsonProcessingException e) {
-                    throw new IllegalArgumentException("Exception occurred while parsing the layers metadata. " + e);
+                // Find the closing bracket for the array
+                int endIndex = json.indexOf("]", index);
+                if (endIndex > 0) {
+                    json = json.substring(index, endIndex + 1).trim();
+                    ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
+                    List<VectorLayerMetadata> layers = null;
+                    try {
+                        layers = mapper.readValue(json, new TypeReference<>() {});
+                    } catch (JacksonException e) {
+                        throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+                                "Exception occurred while parsing the layers metadata. " + e);
+                    }
+                    tileJSON.setLayers(layers);
                 }
-                tileJSON.setLayers(layers);
             }
         }
     }

geowebcache/pom.xml

@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@
 
   <properties>
     <gt.version>35-SNAPSHOT</gt.version>
-    <spring.version>6.2.12</spring.version>
-    <spring.security.version>6.5.5</spring.security.version>
+    <spring.version>7.0.2</spring.version>
+    <spring.security.version>7.0.2</spring.security.version>
     <xstream.version>1.4.21</xstream.version>
     <commons-codec.version>1.18.0</commons-codec.version>
     <commons-fileupload.version>2.0.0-M4</commons-fileupload.version>
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@
         <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
         <version>${joda-time.version}</version>
       </dependency>
-
       <!-- Jackson dependencies managed by platform-dependencies BOM -->
       <dependency>
         <!-- used for tests that require environment variables -->
@@ -264,13 +263,6 @@
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
-      <!-- to be moved to GeoTools once it's upgraded to httpclient 5.x -->
-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents.client5</groupId>
-        <artifactId>httpclient5</artifactId>
-        <version>5.4.4</version>
-      </dependency>
-
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>
 
@@ -336,7 +328,7 @@
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.3</version>
+          <version>3.5.4</version>
           <executions>
             <execution>
               <goals>
@@ -387,7 +379,7 @@
 
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.5.3</version>
+          <version>3.5.4</version>
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>

geowebcache/rest/pom.xml

@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@
       <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
       <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>jakarta.servlet</groupId>
-      <artifactId>jakarta.servlet-api</artifactId>
-    </dependency>
 
     <!-- test dependencies  -->
     <dependency>

geowebcache/rest/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/rest/controller/SeedController.java

@@ -62,13 +62,22 @@ public class SeedController {
 
     /** GET method for querying running GWC tasks */
     @RequestMapping(
-            value = "/seed.json",
+            value = "/seed",
             method = RequestMethod.GET,
             produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
     public ResponseEntity<?> doGet(HttpServletRequest req) {
         return seedService.getRunningTasks(req);
     }
 
+    /** GET method for querying running GWC tasks with path extension */
+    @RequestMapping(
+            value = "/seed.json",
+            method = RequestMethod.GET,
+            produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
+    public ResponseEntity<?> doGetJson(HttpServletRequest req) {
+        return seedService.getRunningTasks(req);
+    }
+
     /** GET method for querying running tasks for the provided layer */
     @RequestMapping(
             value = "/seed/{layer:.+}.json",
@@ -106,7 +115,7 @@ public ResponseEntity doPost(HttpServletRequest request) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * POST method for Seeding and Truncating
+     * POST method for Seeding and Truncating via form submission
      *
      * @param params Query parameters, including urlencoded form values
      */
@@ -133,6 +142,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> doPost(
         }
     }
 
+    /** POST method for JSON seeding/truncating with path extension. */
     @RequestMapping(value = "/seed/{layer}.json", method = RequestMethod.POST)
     public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateWithJsonPayload(
             HttpServletRequest request, InputStream inputStream, @PathVariable(name = "layer") String layerName) {
@@ -142,6 +152,7 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateWithJsonPayload(
         return seedService.doSeeding(request, layerName, extension, body);
     }
 
+    /** POST method for XML seeding/truncating with path extension. */
     @RequestMapping(value = "/seed/{layer}.xml", method = RequestMethod.POST)
     public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateWithXmlPayload(
             HttpServletRequest request, InputStream inputStream, @PathVariable(name = "layer") String layerName) {
@@ -151,6 +162,32 @@ public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateWithXmlPayload(
         return seedService.doSeeding(request, layerName, extension, body);
     }
 
+    /** POST method for JSON seeding/truncating without path extension. */
+    @RequestMapping(
+            value = "/seed/{layer:[^.]+}",
+            method = RequestMethod.POST,
+            consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
+    public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateJson(
+            HttpServletRequest request, InputStream inputStream, @PathVariable(name = "layer") String layerName) {
+
+        String body = readBody(inputStream);
+        String extension = "json";
+        return seedService.doSeeding(request, layerName, extension, body);
+    }
+
+    /** POST method for XML seeding/truncating without path extension. */
+    @RequestMapping(
+            value = "/seed/{layer:[^.]+}",
+            method = RequestMethod.POST,
+            consumes = {MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_VALUE, MediaType.TEXT_XML_VALUE})
+    public ResponseEntity<?> seedOrTruncateXml(
+            HttpServletRequest request, InputStream inputStream, @PathVariable(name = "layer") String layerName) {
+
+        String body = readBody(inputStream);
+        String extension = "xml";
+        return seedService.doSeeding(request, layerName, extension, body);
+    }
+
     private String readBody(InputStream inputStream) {
         return new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(inputStream)).lines().collect(Collectors.joining("\n"));
     }

geowebcache/rest/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/rest/filter/SuffixStripFilter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/**
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+ * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * <p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+ * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * <p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author Cécile Vuilleumier, Camptocamp, Copyright 2026
+ */
+package org.geowebcache.rest.filter;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.Filter;
+import jakarta.servlet.FilterChain;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletException;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequestWrapper;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+/**
+ * Servlet filter for GeoWebCache
+ *
+ * <p>Extracts the path suffix (extension) and stores it for content negotiation. Removes the extension from the path
+ * for path mapping.
+ */
+public class SuffixStripFilter implements Filter {
+
+    private static final Pattern EXTENSION_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^(.*?)\\.(json|xml)$");
+
+    public static final String FORMAT_ATTRIBUTE = "gwc.formatExtension";
+
+    @Override
+    public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response, FilterChain chain)
+            throws IOException, ServletException {
+
+        if (request instanceof HttpServletRequest httpRequest) {
+            String requestURI = httpRequest.getRequestURI();
+            Matcher matcher = EXTENSION_PATTERN.matcher(requestURI);
+
+            if (matcher.matches()) {
+                String pathWithoutExtension = matcher.group(1);
+                String extension = matcher.group(2);
+
+                // Wrap the request to return modified paths
+                HttpServletRequestWrapper wrapper = new HttpServletRequestWrapper(httpRequest) {
+                    @Override
+                    public String getRequestURI() {
+                        return pathWithoutExtension;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public StringBuffer getRequestURL() {
+                        StringBuffer url =
+                                new StringBuffer(super.getRequestURL().toString());
+                        int extIndex = url.lastIndexOf("." + extension);
+                        if (extIndex > 0) {
+                            url.delete(extIndex, url.length());
+                        }
+                        return url;
+                    }
+
+                    @Override
+                    public String getServletPath() {
+                        String servletPath = super.getServletPath();
+                        return servletPath.replaceFirst("\\." + extension + "$", "");
+                    }
+                };
+
+                // Store extension for content negotiation
+                wrapper.setAttribute(FORMAT_ATTRIBUTE, extension);
+
+                chain.doFilter(wrapper, response);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // No extension found, pass through unchanged
+        chain.doFilter(request, response);
+    }
+}

geowebcache/rest/src/main/java/org/geowebcache/rest/negotiation/SuffixContentNegotiationStrategy.java

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/**
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General
+ * Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any
+ * later version.
+ *
+ * <p>This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
+ * warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * <p>You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License along with this program. If not, see
+ * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ *
+ * @author Cécile Vuilleumier, Camptocamp, Copyright 2026
+ */
+package org.geowebcache.rest.negotiation;
+
+import jakarta.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationStrategy;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Spring ContentNegotiationStrategy for GeoWebCache
+ *
+ * <p>Reads the media type stored by {@link org.geowebcache.rest.filter.SuffixStripFilter}
+ */
+public class SuffixContentNegotiationStrategy implements ContentNegotiationStrategy {
+
+    List<MediaType> MEDIA_TYPE_ALL_LIST = Collections.singletonList(MediaType.ALL);
+
+    public static final String FORMAT_ATTRIBUTE = "gwc.formatExtension";
+
+    @Override
+    public List<MediaType> resolveMediaTypes(NativeWebRequest request) {
+        HttpServletRequest servletRequest = request.getNativeRequest(HttpServletRequest.class);
+        if (servletRequest == null) {
+            return MEDIA_TYPE_ALL_LIST;
+        }
+        // Check if filter stored the extension
+        String extension = (String) servletRequest.getAttribute(FORMAT_ATTRIBUTE);
+
+        if (extension != null) {
+            if ("json".equals(extension)) {
+                return Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
+            } else if ("xml".equals(extension)) {
+                return Collections.singletonList(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML);
+            }
+        }
+        return MEDIA_TYPE_ALL_LIST;
+    }
+}

geowebcache/rest/src/test/java/org/geowebcache/rest/bounds/BoundsControllerTest.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration({"file*:/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml", "file*:/webapp/WEB-INF/geowebcache-servlet.xml"})
 public class BoundsControllerTest {

geowebcache/rest/src/test/java/org/geowebcache/rest/controller/BlobStoreControllerTest.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @WebAppConfiguration()
 @ContextConfiguration({

geowebcache/rest/src/test/java/org/geowebcache/rest/controller/BoundsControllerMVCTest.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @RunWith(SpringRunner.class)
 @WebAppConfiguration()
 @ContextConfiguration({

geowebcache/rest/src/test/java/org/geowebcache/rest/controller/ByteStreamControllerTest.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
 import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
 
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration({"file*:/webapp/WEB-INF/web.xml", "file*:/webapp/WEB-INF/geowebcache-servlet.xml"})
 public class ByteStreamControllerTest {