Spring3 @ExceptionHandler for ServletRequestBindingException

Question

I am using a Default AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter which I believe should enable support for @ExceptionHandler. Unluckily, a ServletRequestBindingException is thrown if a c

Answer 1

This issue is fixed in Spring 3.2. You can create a global exception handler class with the @ControllerAdvice annotation. Then in that class add an @ExceptionHandler method to handle the ServletRequestBindingException and return a custom response body. Example:

@ControllerAdvice
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
  @ExceptionHandler(ServletRequestBindingException.class)
  public ResponseEntity handleServletRequestBindingException(ServletRequestBindingException ex)   {
      return new ResponseEntity("MISSING REQUIRED HEADER",HttpStatus.PRECONDITION_REQUIRED);
  }
}

For more information check the spring mvc docs: 17.11 Handling exceptions