Spring Boot. Different errors hanldilng for #Ccontroller and #RestController in one app - spring

Question

I have normal #Controller and #RestController in one App.
How it possible to handle erros in Json for REST, and redirect to error page for normal #Controller?

Answer 1

You can make use of the Spring Annotation #ExceptionHandler in your controller and throw Exceptions in your controller logic. For an short example I will use Java's RuntimeException. You could define your own exception and throw them
// your controller classes
#Controller
public class MyController {
#ExceptionHanlder(RuntimeException.class)
public String errorInController(){
// for your custom page
return "yourDefineErrorTemplatePage";
// if you want to redirect to the default spring page
// return "redirect:/error";
}
#RequestMapping("yourFirstEndpoint")
public String getPage(){
if(yourLogicHere){
throw new RuntimeException("Display error page");
}
return "myPage";
}
}
Your #RestController could look like the following:
#RestController
public class RestControllerClass{
#ExceptionHandler(RuntimeException.class)
public ResponseEntity<Error> errorOccured(){
// you can return just a String or define your own 'error object'
Error error = new Error("Some error occured");
return new ResponseEntity<Error>(error, Http.Status.NOT_FOUND);
}
#RequestMapping("yourSecondEndpoint")
public ResponseEntity<YourEntity> getPage(){
// the entity you want do return as json
YourEntity yourEntity = new YourEntity();
if(yourLogicHere){
throw new RuntimeException("Display error page");
}
return new ResponseEntity<YourEntity>(yourEntity, HttpStatus.OK);
}
}
Example for the Error Object:
public class Error{
private String errorMessage;
public Error(String errorMessage){
this.errorMessage = errorMessage;
}
}
I hope this small example can solve your Problem.
For more details visit: https://spring.io/blog/2013/11/01/exception-handling-in-spring-mvc