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@SessionAttribute

See equivalent in the Servlet stack

If you need access to pre-existing session attributes that are managed globally (that is, outside the controller — for example, by a filter) and may or may not be present, you can use the @SessionAttribute annotation on a method parameter, as the following example shows:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@GetMapping("/")
public String handle(@SessionAttribute User user) { (1)
	// ...
}
1 Using @SessionAttribute. 
@GetMapping("/")
fun handle(@SessionAttribute user: User): String { (1)
	// ...
}
1 Using @SessionAttribute.

For use cases that require adding or removing session attributes, consider injecting WebSession into the controller method.

For temporary storage of model attributes in the session as part of a controller workflow, consider using SessionAttributes, as described in @SessionAttributes.