@ControllerAdvice exception handler method not get called

Question

I am working on sample demo application for Exception Handling in Spring MVC.I am trying Exception Handling With @ControllerAdvice

I followed steps as describe in this link.

But when i run my application i get the following error

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is com.test.core.ApplicationException

For more details following are the classes I am working on

ApplicationException.java

public class ApplicationException extends RuntimeException{


/**
 * 
 */
private static final long serialVersionUID = -9061684361606685158L;
private ErrorStatus errorStatus;
private int msgNumber;
private Object []args;

public ApplicationException(){}

public ApplicationException(ErrorStatus errorStatus, int msgNumber,
        Object[] args) {
    this.errorStatus = errorStatus;
    this.msgNumber = msgNumber;
    this.args = args;
  }
    //getter setters
}

Controller class

ApplicationExceptionController.java

 @Controller
@RequestMapping("/exception")
public class ApplicationExceptionController {

@RequestMapping(value="/error",method=RequestMethod.GET)
@ResponseBody
public void helloException() 
{
    throw new ApplicationException(ErrorStatus.NotFound,1,new Object[]{"Website"});

  //here ErrorStatus is a enum class
}  
}

And here is the GlobalExceptionHandler class

GlobalExceptionHandler.java

@ControllerAdvice
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {

@ExceptionHandler
public void notFount(){
    System.out.println("----------CaughtApplicationException-----------");
}
}

dispatcher-servlet.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>  
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"  
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"  
xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"      
xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"  
xmlns:mvc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc" 

xsi:schemaLocation=
    "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans     
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/mvc/spring-mvc-3.0.xsd
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd">


<context:component-scan  base-package="com.test.controller,com.test.core" />
<mvc:annotation-driven />

<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver">  
    <property name="prefix" value="/WEB-INF/jsp/" />  
    <property name="suffix" value=".jsp" />   
</bean>  

 <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter">
    <property name="messageConverters">
     <list> <ref bean="jsonConverter"/></list>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="jsonConverter" class="org.springframework.http.converter.json.MappingJacksonHttpMessageConverter">
     <property name="supportedMediaTypes" value="application/json" />
</bean>

I run above application with http://localhost:8080/SpringExceptionHandling/exception/error this url

But I get the following Exception

org.springframework.web.util.NestedServletException: Request processing failed; nested exception is com.test.core.ApplicationException
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:894)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

root cause

com.test.core.ApplicationException
com.test.controller.ApplicationExceptionController.helloException(ApplicationExceptionController.java:19)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:214)
org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:132)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:100)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:604)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:565)
org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:80)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:923)
org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:852)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:882)
org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:778)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:621)
javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:722)

I go through @ControllerAdvice exception handler method are not get called this link but still stuck with the same problem Please help me to get the solution.I am not getting the actual cause for this exception.

Answer 1

In my case, the handler method is not called because of additional parameter in the method signature.

Not working:

@ExceptionHandler(NoHandlerFoundException.class)
public ModelAndView handle404(HttpServletRequest request, Exception e,  @RequestHeader(value = "referer", required = false) final String referer) {
    ...
}

The referer parameter is what caused the handler method not being called. The problem is solved after removing the parameter.

Works:

@ExceptionHandler(NoHandlerFoundException.class)
public ModelAndView handle404(HttpServletRequest request, Exception e) {
    ...
}

Answer 2

You are missing @EnableWebMvc annotation in your Exception handler. Your Exception handler should be like this.

@EnableWebMvc
@ControllerAdvice
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {

    @ExceptionHandler({ApplicationException.class})
    public void notFount(){
        System.out.println("----------CaughtApplicationException-----------");
    }

    @ExceptionHandler({Exception.class})
    public void notFountGlobal(){
        System.out.println("----------CaughtApplicationException-----------");
    }

}

Also you need to tell exception handler method which exception you want to catch in which method. At last you can specify a method which can caught all other exception passing it Exception.class. The code snippet you post work for me. Hopefully it will resolve your problem.

Answer 3

You need to declared the exception so that the method can be mapped to the exception type. You have two possibilities, either state the exception as an argument

public void notFount(ApplicationException exception){

or

add the type as a value attribute of your @ExceptionHandler annotation

 @ExceptionHandler(value = ApplicationException.class)

In addition, you most likely have a config issue, 'cause with the erroneus GlobalExceptionHandler that you've posted, the servlet wouldn't start-up, explicitly saying that no exception types are mapped to the method. Make sure that you're scanning the package where your GlobalExceptionHandler resides, by the looks of things, that is most likely your issue