rest - What is the difference between @PathParam and @QueryParam

Question

I am newbie in RESTful jersey. I would like to ask what is the different between @PathParam and @QueryParam in jersey?

Answer 1

Query parameters are added to the url after the ? mark, while a path parameter is part of the regular URL.

In the URL below tom could be the value of a path parameter and there is one query parameter with the name id and value 1:

http://mydomain.com/tom?id=1