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Interceptors

In Java configuration, you can register interceptors to apply to incoming requests, as the following example shows:

  • Java

  • Kotlin

@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
public class WebConfig implements WebMvcConfigurer {

	@Override
	public void addInterceptors(InterceptorRegistry registry) {
		registry.addInterceptor(new LocaleChangeInterceptor());
		registry.addInterceptor(new ThemeChangeInterceptor()).addPathPatterns("/**").excludePathPatterns("/admin/**");
	}
}
@Configuration
@EnableWebMvc
class WebConfig : WebMvcConfigurer {

	override fun addInterceptors(registry: InterceptorRegistry) {
		registry.addInterceptor(LocaleChangeInterceptor())
		registry.addInterceptor(ThemeChangeInterceptor()).addPathPatterns("/**").excludePathPatterns("/admin/**")
	}
}

The following example shows how to achieve the same configuration in XML:

<mvc:interceptors>
	<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.i18n.LocaleChangeInterceptor"/>
	<mvc:interceptor>
		<mvc:mapping path="/**"/>
		<mvc:exclude-mapping path="/admin/**"/>
		<bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.theme.ThemeChangeInterceptor"/>
	</mvc:interceptor>
</mvc:interceptors>
Interceptors are not ideally suited as a security layer due to the potential for a mismatch with annotated controller path matching. Generally, we recommend using Spring Security, or alternatively a similar approach integrated with the Servlet filter chain, and applied as early as possible.
The XML config declares interceptors as MappedInterceptor beans, and those are in turn detected by any HandlerMapping bean, including those from other frameworks. By contrast, the Java config passes interceptors only to the HandlerMapping beans it manages. To re-use the same interceptors across Spring MVC and other framework HandlerMapping beans with the MVC Java config, either declare MappedInterceptor beans (and don’t manually add them in the Java config), or configure the same interceptors in both the Java config and in other HandlerMapping beans.