org.springframework.web.bind.annotation

Annotation Type ControllerAdvice

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

Indicates the annotated class assists a "Controller".

Serves as a specialization of @Component, allowing for implementation classes to be autodetected through classpath scanning.

It is typically used to define @ExceptionHandler, @InitBinder, and @ModelAttribute methods that apply to all @RequestMapping methods.

Since:

3.2

Author:

Rossen Stoyanchev