Spring Boot Exception details - spring-boot

Question

I am trying to log the exception in the spring boot based web service.
So I have used GlobalExceptionHandler
My code :
#ControllerAdvice
#RestController
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
#ExceptionHandler(value = Exception.class)
public String handleException(Exception e){
System.out.println("Ankit == "+e.getMessage());
StringWriter errors = new StringWriter();
e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(errors));
System.out.println(errors.toString());
return e.getMessage();
}
}
the code is working fine. What I want is exception details. I mean the code where the exception occurs? File name / line ? or do I have to parse the stacktrace? I mean spring boot must have thought something for this?

Answer 1

Using IDE
If you are using any IDE then go to Console Window.
Clear console
Repeat action that causes Exception
Search in Console (CTRL + F) for ERROR
Look for line above(Look for 2-3 lines if you don't find immediate above) the line which contains ERROR. This line has details of Class, Method where Exception has occurred.
Without looking at Console or Logs
If you want to use it in production then, handling atleast known exceptions(like BAD_REQUEST, NOT_FOUND etc.) the way it is done below might be helpful (adding an extra parameter to Exception Class) :
Employee employee = employeeService.getEmployeeById(employeeId);
if (null == employee) {
logger.error("No tenant exists for employeeId:"+employeeId);
throw new ObjectNotFoundException("Emplyee Not Found", this.getClass().getSimpleName();));
}
here this.getClass().getSimpleName(); will be passed as parameter from EmployeeController class. So in ObjectNotFoundException we can add a parameter ClassName and When you handle it in GlobalExceptionHandler, you can do it as it is done below,
#ControllerAdvice
#RestController
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {
#ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
#ExceptionHandler(value = Exception.class)
public String handleException(Exception e){
System.out.println("Ankit == "+e.getMessage());
StringWriter errors = new StringWriter();
e.printStackTrace(new PrintWriter(errors));
String classWithExceptionName = e.getClassName();
// you need to add this above getter method to your Exception Class
System.out.println(errors.toString());
return e.getMessage();
}
}
This is for known common exceptions. We need to add extra parameter(ClassName) to All Custom Exceptions that you are throwing and that might be little extra code but i think that is the way. Hope it helps now.