diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/main/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationController.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.controller;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.GetMapping;
+import org.springframework.validation.annotation.Validated;
+import javax.validation.constraints.*;
+
+@Controller
+@RequestMapping("/public/api/1")
+@Validated
+public class RequestAndPathVariableValidationController {
+
+    @GetMapping("/name-for-day")
+    public String getNameOfDayByNumberRequestParam(@RequestParam @Min(1) @Max(7) Integer dayOfWeek) {
+        return dayOfWeek + "";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/name-for-day/{dayOfWeek}")
+    public String getNameOfDayByPathVariable(@PathVariable("dayOfWeek") @Min(1) @Max(7) Integer dayOfWeek) {
+        return dayOfWeek + "";
+    }
+
+    @GetMapping("/valid-name")
+    public void validStringRequestParam(@RequestParam @NotBlank @Size(max = 10) @Pattern(regexp = "^[A-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+$") String name) {
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java b/spring-mvc-xml/src/test/java/com/baeldung/spring/controller/RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.spring.controller;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+import org.springframework.test.context.web.WebAppConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.MockMvc;
+import org.springframework.test.web.servlet.setup.MockMvcBuilders;
+import org.springframework.web.context.WebApplicationContext;
+
+import com.baeldung.spring.ClientWebConfig;
+
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.request.MockMvcRequestBuilders.get;
+import static org.springframework.test.web.servlet.result.MockMvcResultMatchers.status;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = ClientWebConfig.class)
+@WebAppConfiguration
+public class RequestAndPathVariableValidationControllerIntegrationTest {
+
+    private MockMvc mockMvc;
+
+    @Autowired
+    private WebApplicationContext webApplicationContext;
+
+    @Before
+    public void setUp() {
+        mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders.webAppContextSetup(webApplicationContext).build();
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNameOfDayByNumberRequestParam_whenGetWithProperRequestParam_thenReturn200() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/name-for-day").param("dayOfWeek", Integer.toString(5)))
+               .andExpect(status().isOk());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNameOfDayByNumberRequestParam_whenGetWithRequestParamOutOfRange_thenReturn400() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/name-for-day").param("dayOfWeek", Integer.toString(15)))
+               .andExpect(status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNameOfDayByPathVariable_whenGetWithProperRequestParam_thenReturn200() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/name-for-day/{dayOfWeek}", Integer.toString(5))).andExpect(status().isOk());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void getNameOfDayByPathVariable_whenGetWithRequestParamOutOfRange_thenReturn400() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/name-for-day/{dayOfWeek}", Integer.toString(15)))
+               .andExpect(status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void validStringRequestParam_whenGetWithProperRequestParam_thenReturn200() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/valid-name").param("name", "John")).andExpect(status().isOk());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void validStringRequestParam_whenGetWithTooLongRequestParam_thenReturn400() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/valid-name").param("name", "asdfghjklqw"))
+               .andExpect(status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void validStringRequestParam_whenGetWithLowerCaseRequestParam_thenReturn400() throws Exception {
+        mockMvc.perform(get("/public/api/1/valid-name").param("name", "john")).andExpect(status().isBadRequest());
+    }
+}