get modelandview object in another controller

Question

I am working to pass data from one controller to another. I have one class that is annotated with @ControllerAdvice that is used to handle all exception of application.

I am processing exception and adding them to custom class then in ModelAndView I am adding that and passing to another controller using redirect. And in that controller I want that added object but I don't have much idea about it how to get that object. I have tried some trick but did not get success.

Code:

ExceptionHandler class:

@ControllerAdvice
public class DefaultExceptionHandler {

    @Autowired
    private CPro cPro;

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultExceptionHandler.class);

    @RequestMapping(produces = {MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_VALUE})
    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
    @ResponseStatus(value = INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR)
    @ResponseBody
    public ModelAndView handleException(Exception ex) {

        ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView("redirect:/");
        String exceptionType = ex.getClass().getSimpleName();
        DefaultExceptionHandler.LOG.error("Internal Server Exception", ex);
        ErrorResponse response = new ErrorResponse();
        if (ex.getCause() != null) {
            response.addSimpleError(exceptionType, ex.getCause().getMessage(), cPro.getProName());
        } else {
            response.addSimpleError(exceptionType, ex.getMessage(), cPro.getProName());
        }
        modelAndView.addObject("processingException", response);

        return modelAndView;
    }
}

my home controller:

@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String getHomePage(@ModelAttribute("processingException") ErrorResponse errorResponse, Model model) {                

        // I want to get object data of processingException added in exception handler using ModelAndView
        model.addAttribute("processingException", errorResponse.getError() == null ? null : errorResponse);
        return "upscale"; //here upscale.html redirection       
    }

Does anyone have idea that how to get that object data in my controller ?

Thanks.

You have to understand that a redirect causes a new request/response cycle. The request attributes you had in your original request are no longer present in the second. Use redirect attributes. — Sotirios Delimanolis, Jul 30 '15 at 05:55
@SotiriosDelimanolis: I have posted answer for my own question, will you tell me is it a better approach or not. Thanks. — user3145373 ツ, Jul 31 '15 at 04:44

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '15 at 04:43

After a lot googling and searching various forums and article, I found some solution. I have combined data and code of various forums I have made my requirement fulfill.

We can use FlashMap for that. Just get context of request and add FlashMap and add other data to FlashMap as well.

Code:

@ControllerAdvice
public class DefaultExceptionHandler {

    @Autowired
    private CPro cPro;

    private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultExceptionHandler.class);

    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
    public String handleException(Exception ex, HttpServletRequest request) throws IOException {

        DefaultExceptionHandler.LOG.error("Internal Server Exception", ex);

        String exceptionType = ex.getClass().getSimpleName();

        ErrorResponse response = new ErrorResponse();

        if (ex.getCause() != null) {
            response.addError(exceptionType, ex.getCause().getMessage(), cPro.getProName());
        } else {
            response.addError(exceptionType, ex.getMessage(), cPro.getProName());
        }

        FlashMap outputFlashMap = RequestContextUtils.getOutputFlashMap(request);
        if (outputFlashMap != null) {
            outputFlashMap.put("processingException", response);
        }

        return "redirect:/";
    }
}

and other hand, in controller use ModelAttribute to get data that is sent from exception handler method.

code:

@RequestMapping(value = "/", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String getHomePage(Model model, @ModelAttribute("processingException") Object processingException) {                

    if (processingException instanceof ErrorResponse) {
        model.addAttribute("processingException", ((ErrorResponse) processingException).getError());
    } else {
        model.addAttribute("processingException", null);
    }
    return "upscale"; //here upscale.html redirection       
}

After all bingo.. Done my work.

If anyone have still better idea on it then still welcome..

Thanks guys.

sven.kwiotek · Answer 2 · 2015-07-30T09:22:40.093

You could make a workaround like this:

public ModelAndView handleException(Exception ex, HttpServletRequest req) {
//...
ModelAndView modelAndView = new ModelAndView("forward:/");
//...
req.setAttribute("processingException", response);

Then in your Controller Method you have access to HttpServletRequest and get the Attribute (Object):

public String getHomePage(@ModelAttribute("processingException", HttpServletRequest req)
{
//....
req.getAttribute("processingException");

get modelandview object in another controller

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