org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation

Interface WebMvcConfigurer

All Known Implementing Classes:

WebMvcConfigurerAdapter

public interface WebMvcConfigurer

Defines callback methods to customize the Java-based configuration for Spring MVC enabled via @EnableWebMvc.

@EnableWebMvc-annotated configuration classes may implement this interface to be called back and given a chance to customize the default configuration.

Since:

3.1

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev, Keith Donald, David Syer

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
default void	addArgumentResolvers(List<HandlerMethodArgumentResolver> resolvers) Add resolvers to support custom controller method argument types.
default void	addCorsMappings(CorsRegistry registry) Configure cross origin requests processing.
default void	addFormatters(FormatterRegistry registry) Add Converters and Formatters in addition to the ones registered by default.
default void	addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) Add Spring MVC lifecycle interceptors for pre- and post-processing of controller method invocations and resource handler requests.
default void	addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry) Add handlers to serve static resources such as images, js, and, css files from specific locations under web application root, the classpath, and others.
default void	addReturnValueHandlers(List<HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler> handlers) Add handlers to support custom controller method return value types.
default void	addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) Configure simple automated controllers pre-configured with the response status code and/or a view to render the response body.
default void	configureAsyncSupport(AsyncSupportConfigurer configurer) Configure asynchronous request handling options.
default void	configureContentNegotiation(ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer) Configure content negotiation options.
default void	configureDefaultServletHandling(DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer configurer) Configure a handler to delegate unhandled requests by forwarding to the Servlet container's "default" servlet.
default void	configureHandlerExceptionResolvers(List<HandlerExceptionResolver> resolvers) Configure exception resolvers.
default void	configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) Configure the HttpMessageConverters to use for reading or writing to the body of the request or response.
default void	configurePathMatch(PathMatchConfigurer configurer) Help with configuring HandlerMapping path matching options such as whether to use parsed PathPatterns or String pattern matching with PathMatcher, whether to match trailing slashes, and more.
default void	configureViewResolvers(ViewResolverRegistry registry) Configure view resolvers to translate String-based view names returned from controllers into concrete View implementations to perform rendering with.
default void	extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List<HandlerExceptionResolver> resolvers) Extending or modify the list of exception resolvers configured by default.
default void	extendMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters) A hook for extending or modifying the list of converters after it has been configured.
default MessageCodesResolver	getMessageCodesResolver() Provide a custom MessageCodesResolver for building message codes from data binding and validation error codes.
default Validator	getValidator() Provide a custom Validator instead of the one created by default.

Method Detail

configurePathMatch

default void configurePathMatch(PathMatchConfigurer configurer)

Help with configuring HandlerMapping path matching options such as whether to use parsed PathPatterns or String pattern matching with PathMatcher, whether to match trailing slashes, and more.

Since:

4.0.3

See Also:

PathMatchConfigurer

configureContentNegotiation

default void configureContentNegotiation(ContentNegotiationConfigurer configurer)

Configure content negotiation options.

configureAsyncSupport

default void configureAsyncSupport(AsyncSupportConfigurer configurer)

Configure asynchronous request handling options.

configureDefaultServletHandling

default void configureDefaultServletHandling(DefaultServletHandlerConfigurer configurer)

Configure a handler to delegate unhandled requests by forwarding to the Servlet container's "default" servlet. A common use case for this is when the DispatcherServlet is mapped to "/" thus overriding the Servlet container's default handling of static resources.

addFormatters

default void addFormatters(FormatterRegistry registry)

Add Converters and Formatters in addition to the ones registered by default.

addInterceptors

default void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry)

Add Spring MVC lifecycle interceptors for pre- and post-processing of controller method invocations and resource handler requests. Interceptors can be registered to apply to all requests or be limited to a subset of URL patterns.

addResourceHandlers

default void addResourceHandlers(ResourceHandlerRegistry registry)

Add handlers to serve static resources such as images, js, and, css files from specific locations under web application root, the classpath, and others.

See Also:

ResourceHandlerRegistry

addCorsMappings

default void addCorsMappings(CorsRegistry registry)

Configure cross origin requests processing.

Since:

4.2

addViewControllers

default void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry)

Configure simple automated controllers pre-configured with the response status code and/or a view to render the response body. This is useful in cases where there is no need for custom controller logic -- e.g. render a home page, perform simple site URL redirects, return a 404 status with HTML content, a 204 with no content, and more.

See Also:

ViewControllerRegistry

configureViewResolvers

default void configureViewResolvers(ViewResolverRegistry registry)

Configure view resolvers to translate String-based view names returned from controllers into concrete View implementations to perform rendering with.

Since:

4.1

addArgumentResolvers

default void addArgumentResolvers(List<HandlerMethodArgumentResolver> resolvers)

Add resolvers to support custom controller method argument types.

This does not override the built-in support for resolving handler method arguments. To customize the built-in support for argument resolution, configure RequestMappingHandlerAdapter directly.

Parameters:

resolvers - initially an empty list

addReturnValueHandlers

default void addReturnValueHandlers(List<HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler> handlers)

Add handlers to support custom controller method return value types.

Using this option does not override the built-in support for handling return values. To customize the built-in support for handling return values, configure RequestMappingHandlerAdapter directly.

Parameters:

handlers - initially an empty list

configureMessageConverters

default void configureMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters)

Configure the HttpMessageConverters to use for reading or writing to the body of the request or response. If no converters are added, a default list of converters is registered.

Note that adding converters to the list, turns off default converter registration. To simply add a converter without impacting default registration, consider using the method extendMessageConverters(java.util.List) instead.

Parameters:

converters - initially an empty list of converters

extendMessageConverters

default void extendMessageConverters(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> converters)

A hook for extending or modifying the list of converters after it has been configured. This may be useful for example to allow default converters to be registered and then insert a custom converter through this method.

Parameters:

converters - the list of configured converters to extend.

Since:

4.1.3

configureHandlerExceptionResolvers

default void configureHandlerExceptionResolvers(List<HandlerExceptionResolver> resolvers)

Configure exception resolvers.

The given list starts out empty. If it is left empty, the framework configures a default set of resolvers, see WebMvcConfigurationSupport.addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List, org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager). Or if any exception resolvers are added to the list, then the application effectively takes over and must provide, fully initialized, exception resolvers.

Alternatively you can use extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List) which allows you to extend or modify the list of exception resolvers configured by default.

Parameters:

resolvers - initially an empty list

See Also:

extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List), WebMvcConfigurationSupport.addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List, org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager)

extendHandlerExceptionResolvers

default void extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List<HandlerExceptionResolver> resolvers)

Extending or modify the list of exception resolvers configured by default. This can be useful for inserting a custom exception resolver without interfering with default ones.

Parameters:

resolvers - the list of configured resolvers to extend

Since:

4.3

See Also:

WebMvcConfigurationSupport.addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List, org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManager)

getValidator

@Nullable
default Validator getValidator()

Provide a custom Validator instead of the one created by default. The default implementation, assuming JSR-303 is on the classpath, is: OptionalValidatorFactoryBean. Leave the return value as null to keep the default.

getMessageCodesResolver

@Nullable
default MessageCodesResolver getMessageCodesResolver()

Provide a custom MessageCodesResolver for building message codes from data binding and validation error codes. Leave the return value as null to keep the default.