Controller Advices

By using aspects controllers can receive common configurations. This requires just annotating a class like this:

@ControllerAdvice
public final class GlobalControllerConfig

It may also define specific controllers:

@ControllerAdvice(assignableTypes = { EmployeeController.class })
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class EmployeeControllerConfig

This can contain global configuration through annotations such as @ExceptionHandler, @InitBinder or @ModelAttribute.

Testing

Always remember to add the required advices to MVC tests:

getMockMvcBuilder().setControllerAdvice(new EmployeeControllerConfig())