Annotation Interface ControllerAdvice

@Target(TYPE) @Retention(RUNTIME) @Documented @Component public @interface ControllerAdvice
Specialization of @Component for classes that declare @ExceptionHandler, @InitBinder, or @ModelAttribute methods to be shared across multiple @Controller classes.

Classes annotated with @ControllerAdvice can be declared explicitly as Spring beans or auto-detected via classpath scanning. All such beans are sorted based on Ordered semantics or @Order / @Priority declarations, with Ordered semantics taking precedence over @Order / @Priority declarations. @ControllerAdvice beans are then applied in that order at runtime. Note, however, that @ControllerAdvice beans that implement PriorityOrdered are not given priority over @ControllerAdvice beans that implement Ordered. In addition, Ordered is not honored for scoped @ControllerAdvice beans — for example if such a bean has been configured as a request-scoped or session-scoped bean. For handling exceptions, an @ExceptionHandler will be picked on the first advice with a matching exception handler method. For model attributes and data binding initialization, @ModelAttribute and @InitBinder methods will follow @ControllerAdvice order.

Note: For @ExceptionHandler methods, a root exception match will be preferred to just matching a cause of the current exception, among the handler methods of a particular advice bean. However, a cause match on a higher-priority advice will still be preferred over any match (whether root or cause level) on a lower-priority advice bean. As a consequence, please declare your primary root exception mappings on a prioritized advice bean with a corresponding order.

By default, the methods in an @ControllerAdvice apply globally to all controllers. Use selectors such as annotations(), basePackageClasses(), and basePackages() (or its alias value()) to define a more narrow subset of targeted controllers. If multiple selectors are declared, boolean OR logic is applied, meaning selected controllers should match at least one selector. Note that selector checks are performed at runtime, so adding many selectors may negatively impact performance and add complexity.

Since:
3.2
Author:
Rossen Stoyanchev, Brian Clozel, Sam Brannen
See Also:

  • Element Details

    • name

      @AliasFor(annotation=Component.class, attribute="value") String name
      Alias for Component.value().
      Since:
      6.1
      Default:
      ""

    • value

      @AliasFor("basePackages") String[] value
      Alias for the basePackages() attribute.

      Allows for more concise annotation declarations — for example, @ControllerAdvice("org.my.pkg") is equivalent to @ControllerAdvice(basePackages = "org.my.pkg").

      Since:
      4.0
      See Also:
      Default:
      {}

    • basePackages

      @AliasFor("value") String[] basePackages
      Array of base packages.

      Controllers that belong to those base packages or sub-packages thereof will be included — for example, @ControllerAdvice(basePackages = "org.my.pkg") or @ControllerAdvice(basePackages = {"org.my.pkg", "org.my.other.pkg"}).

      value() is an alias for this attribute, simply allowing for more concise use of the annotation.

      Also consider using basePackageClasses() as a type-safe alternative to String-based package names.

      Since:
      4.0
      Default:
      {}

    • basePackageClasses

      Class<?>[] basePackageClasses
      Type-safe alternative to basePackages() for specifying the packages in which to select controllers to be advised by the @ControllerAdvice annotated class.

      Consider creating a special no-op marker class or interface in each package that serves no purpose other than being referenced by this attribute.

      Since:
      4.0
      Default:
      {}

    • assignableTypes

      Class<?>[] assignableTypes
      Array of classes.

      Controllers that are assignable to at least one of the given types will be advised by the @ControllerAdvice annotated class.

      Since:
      4.0
      Default:
      {}

    • annotations

      Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations
      Array of annotation types.

      Controllers that are annotated with at least one of the supplied annotation types will be advised by the @ControllerAdvice annotated class.

      Consider creating a custom composed annotation or use a predefined one, like @RestController.

      Since:
      4.0
      Default:
      {}