I have done some research around this with conflicting results. To handle this error, some say that I need to implement HandlerExceptionResolver in one of my controllers.
Here are some links for that:
How to handle MaxUploadSizeExceededException
Handling MaxUploadSizeExceededException with Spring MVC
http://www.raistudies.com/spring/spring-mvc/file-upload-spring-mvc-annotation/
On the other hand, other people are saying that this approach is futile such that the Exception is occuring outside the request handling flow:
http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/web/124409-handling-maxuploadsizeexceededexception-in-spring (The second poster in the thread)
MaxUploadSizeExceededException doesn't invoke the exception handling method in Spring
I have tried the above solutions but they do not work for me. It appears that the Exception occurs outside of Spring, as expected. I am unable to catch this even with HandlerExceptionResolver.
Trying following the approach specified in the link below. Basically, you configure an error page for any un handled exception and then define a handler for the error page. Looks like a decent workaround.
Here is the link http://www.javacodegeeks.com/2013/11/how-to-custom-error-pages-in-tomcat-with-spring-mvc.html
Hope this helps.
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I was going through a video tutorial where the instructor focussed on handling any Runtime exceptions through the #ExceptionHandler in Spring.
What is the difference between the approach of handling it via try catch or via #ExceptionHandler?Which is the better approach and when to use either of them?
bro we use #ExceptionHandler above a method which we want to handle all the exception that occurs in your code while in case of try and catch you just handle the exception where it occurs only. But if we want that every exception that occurs in our program to be handled by one method, so that it will look clean and professional, we use #ExceptionHandler. Here is the link that might help you understand this.
https://howtodoinjava.com/spring-core/spring-exceptionhandler-annotation/
Let me know if this helps.
In Spring Boot in #ControllerAdvice error handler, we can provide Exceptions & what to do for the following. But, it doesn't work with Error.
DataIntegrityViolationException ca handle some SQL errors like more length, duplicate, etc.
But, some errors come under SQLError.
I tried adding SqlError.class, Error.class. But, it didn't capture as it handles only Exception
#ExceptionHandler
Temporarily, I am handling it in a try-catch block. And, if not handled without try-catch also fine, but it gives query result in REST response saying this field this error, etc. Which is vulnerable to show to the user.
So, if it can be handled globally, we will just avoid those parts.
I am creating a Spring Boot web application, but i am confused why people use Global Exception handlers(#ControllerAdvice) when there is Error Page Registrar which is neater and more explicit. Please can someone explain more and is it possible to call an Error page registrar from a global Exception Handler Class( class annoted with #ControllerAdvice, with an #Exceptionhandler method).
As Brian answer, I think you can do this. I got a sample to prove this one in here if you still need to refer: https://github.com/kennytai/SampleSpringbootExceptionHandler
At this sample, I use the #ControllerAdvice in class GlobalExceptionHandler to manage all exceptions from TestController.
Hope this help.
It's actually the opposite the error pages mechanism in Spring Boot is the global one; it's catching all exceptions unhandled by the application. Note that in a Servlet environment, it's even dispatching the request back into the container on the /error path.
You're right though, this mechanism is really powerful and you can achieve a lot with it.
The other exception handling mechanisms you're mentioning are provided by Spring MVC itself. They're executed during the handling of the request and don't require an additional dispatch to the container. In some cases, they can be more limited because they offer less features than the full ErrorController (which is an MVC Controller).
But unlike error pages, you can configure those to focus on only specific errors:
You can declare an #ExceptionHandler within a Controller and specify the type of Exception you'd like to handle
You can configure the #ControllerAdvice annotation to only apply to specific packages, Controllers extending a specific interface or annotated with a specific annotation
I'd say the latter are quite useful when you want to deal with business exceptions at the controller level. You can do that with error pages, but you might end up with a single error controller dealing with too many things.
I am trying to show an custom error message on any occurrence of exception or error in my business layer. I am catching the exception in my controller and I would like to display it in my JSP.
This exception or error is not associated with any field in the screen, it's a pure server exception. I am also using an Annotated Controller. I am using Prototype for making AJAX requests to my controller.
In Spring you can register a HandlerExceptionResolver which will catch exceptions thrown by your Spring MVC controllers and forward them to the view layer for rendering. These are described in the Spring docs here. Start with the SimpleMappingExceptionResolver (see javadoc) which gives a simple mechanism for mapping exception types to views.
However, if the exception occurs outside if your Spring controller, for whatever reason, then you'll need a more generic fall-back solution, which involves configuring error pages in your web.xml file. This is not Spring-specific. See here for an example of how to do it.
From a jsp is thrown a NullPointerException for example using <% null.toString(); %>
This exception is not handled by the HandlerExceptionResolver, but thrown to the web container(tomcat) and converted into a code 500 error.
How can I configure spring to get that error in my HandlerExceptionResolver ?
Details:
Spring can be configured to handle exceptions thrown inside Controllers, but not exceptions thrown by view.
Of course i can resolve the NullPointerException, but i want to design a solution that will gracefully resolve any possible problem on the web application in order to display a user friendly message to the user.
See the HandlerInterceptor interface instead. You'll want the afterCompletion method. You can then intercept the response and then set the appropriate header information to redirect to a container-configured error web page. You're right that Spring doesn't have this functionality, this is going to have to be specified by the web.xml which determines which codes map to which pages.
I have not worked with this particular bit of the spring framework, but the docs say
"Interface to be implemented by objects than can resolve exceptions thrown during handler mapping or execution, in the typical case to error views. Implementors are typically registered as beans in the application context.
Error views are analogous to the error page JSPs, but can be used with any kind of exception including any checked exception, with potentially fine-granular mappings for specific handlers."
so I'd imagine that given that NullPointer extends RuntimeException the framework isn't designed to catch it. Is there a reason the exception(s) can't be handled in the controller directly?