Example of Spring MVC handlers that work with https://github.com/andrei-m/backbone-demo

backbone-demo-server

    @RequestMapping(value="/backboneAccounts", method=RequestMethod.GET)
    @InternalApi
    public ResponseEntity<String> getBackboneAccounts() {
        JSONArray resultJson = new JSONArray();

        JSONObject account1 = new JSONObject();
        JSONObject account2 = new JSONObject();
        JSONObject account3 = new JSONObject();
        try {
            account1.put("id", 1);
            account1.put("name", "Foo Account");
            account1.put("status", "Active");
            account2.put("id", 2);
            account2.put("name", "Bar Account");
            account2.put("status", "Paused");
            account3.put("id", 3);
            account3.put("name", "Baz Account");
            account3.put("status", "Active");
        } catch (JSONException e) {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
        resultJson.put(account1);
        resultJson.put(account2);
        resultJson.put(account3);

        HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
        headers.setContentType(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);
        return new ResponseEntity<String>(resultJson.toString(), headers, HttpStatus.OK);
    }

    @RequestMapping(value="/backboneAccounts/{id}", method=RequestMethod.PUT)
    @InternalApi
    public ResponseEntity<String> putBackboneAccount(@PathVariable String id, @RequestBody String body) {
        LOGGER.info(body);
        return new ResponseEntity<String>("", new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.OK);
    }