How to get the @RequestBody in an @ExceptionHandler (Spring REST)

Question

I am using Spring Boot 1.4.1 which includes spring-web-4.3.3. I have a class annotated with @ControllerAdvice and methods annotated with @ExceptionHandle

Answer 1

Accepted answer creates a new POJO to pass things around, but the same behaviour can be achieved without creating additional objects by reusing the http request.

Example code for Controller mapping:

public ResponseEntity savePerson(@RequestBody Person person, WebRequest webRequest) {
    webRequest.setAttribute("person", person, RequestAttributes.SCOPE_REQUEST);

And later in the ExceptionHandler class / method you can use:

@ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
public ResponseEntity exceptionHandling(WebRequest request,Exception thrown) {

    Person person = (Person) request.getAttribute("person", RequestAttributes.SCOPE_REQUEST);