@RestControllerAdvice vs @ControllerAdvice

Question

• What are the major difference between @RestControllerAdvice and @ControllerAdvice ??
• Is it we should always use @RestControllerAdvice for rest services and @C

Answer 1

Exception: A good REST API should handle the exception properly and send the proper response to the user. The user should not be rendered with any unhandled exception. A REST API developer will have two requirements related to error handling.

1. Common place for Error handling
2. Similar Error Response body with a proper HTTP status code across APIs

@RestControllerAdvice is the combination of both @ControllerAdvice and @ResponseBody

The @ControllerAdvice annotation was first introduced in Spring 3.2.

We can use the @ControllerAdvice annotation for handling exceptions in the RESTful Services but we need to add @ResponseBody separately.

Note:
GlobalExceptionHandler was annotated with @ControllerAdvice, thus it is going to intercept exceptions from controllers accross the application.