# Improved @…Param annotations

With the addition of parameter names in the bytecode since Java 8, it is no longer necessary to require users to specify parameter names in the following annotations: `@PathParam`, `@QueryParam`, `@FormParam`, `@CookieParam`, `@HeaderParam` and `@MatrixParam`. In order to benefit from this feature, you have to switch to new annotations with the same name, in a different package, which have an optional value parameter. To use this, follow these steps:

- Import the `org.jboss.resteasy.annotations.jaxrs` package to replace annotations from the JAX-RS spec.
- Tell your build system to record method parameter names in the bytecode.
- Remove the annotation value if the name matches the name of the annotated variable.

Note that you can omit the annotation name for annotated method parameters as well as annotated fields or JavaBean properties.

For Maven users, recording method parameter names in the bytecode can be enabled by setting the `maven.compiler.parameters` to `true`:

        <properties>
            <maven.compiler.parameters>true</maven.compiler.parameters>
        </properties>

Usage:

    import org.jboss.resteasy.annotations.jaxrs.*;

    @Path("/library")
    public class Library {

       @GET
       @Path("/book/{isbn}")
       public String getBook(@PathParam String isbn) {
          // search my database and get a string representation and return it
       }
    }

If your annotated variable does not have the same name as the path parameter, you can still specify the name:

    import org.jboss.resteasy.annotations.jaxrs.*;

    @Path("/library")
    public class Library {

       @GET
       @Path("/book/{isbn}")
       public String getBook(@PathParam("isbn") String id) {
          // search my database and get a string representation and return it
       }
    }