org.springframework.web.bind.annotation

Annotation Type RestControllerAdvice

@Target(value=TYPE)
 @Retention(value=RUNTIME)
 @Documented
 @ControllerAdvice
 @ResponseBody
public @interface RestControllerAdvice

A convenience annotation that is itself annotated with @ControllerAdvice and @ResponseBody.

Types that carry this annotation are treated as controller advice where @ExceptionHandler methods assume @ResponseBody semantics by default.

NOTE: @RestControllerAdvice is processed if an appropriate HandlerMapping-HandlerAdapter pair is configured such as the RequestMappingHandlerMapping-RequestMappingHandlerAdapter pair which are the default in the MVC Java config and the MVC namespace.

Since:

4.3

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev

See Also:

RestController, ControllerAdvice

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
Class<? extends Annotation>[]	annotations Array of annotations.
Class<?>[]	assignableTypes Array of classes.
Class<?>[]	basePackageClasses Type-safe alternative to value() for specifying the packages to select Controllers to be assisted by the @ControllerAdvice annotated class.
String[]	basePackages Array of base packages.
String[]	value Alias for the basePackages() attribute.

Element Detail

value

@AliasFor(value="basePackages")
public abstract String[] value

Alias for the basePackages() attribute.

Allows for more concise annotation declarations e.g.: @ControllerAdvice("org.my.pkg") is equivalent to @ControllerAdvice(basePackages="org.my.pkg").

See Also:

basePackages()

Default:

{}

basePackages

@AliasFor(value="value")
public abstract String[] basePackages

Array of base packages.

Controllers that belong to those base packages or sub-packages thereof will be included, e.g.: @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.

Default:

{}

basePackageClasses

public abstract Class<?>[] basePackageClasses

Type-safe alternative to value() for specifying the packages to select Controllers to be assisted 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.

Default:

{}

assignableTypes

public abstract Class<?>[] assignableTypes

Array of classes.

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

Default:

{}

annotations

public abstract Class<? extends Annotation>[] annotations

Array of annotations.

Controllers that are annotated with this/one of those annotation(s) will be assisted by the @ControllerAdvice annotated class.

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

Default:

{}