I would like to use the @RequestParam annotation like so:
@RequestMapping
public void handleRequest( @RequestParam("page") int page ) {
...
}
However, I want to show page 1 if the user fiddles with the URL parameters and tries to go to page "abz" or something non-numerical. Right now, the best I can get Spring to do is return a 500. Is there a way to override this behavior cleanly without having to take in the parameter as a String?
I looked at the @ExceptionHandler annotation, but it doesn't seem to do anything when I set I use @ExceptionHandler(TypeMismatchException.class)
. Not sure why not.
Suggestions?
P.S. Bonus question: Spring MVC is called Spring MVC. Is Spring MVC with annotations just called Spring @MVC? Google treats them as the same name, which is annoying.
Since Spring 3.0, you can set a ConversionService
. @InitBinder
's value
specifies a particular parameter to apply that service to:
@InitBinder("page")
public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder) {
FormattingConversionService s = new FormattingConversionService();
s.addFormatterForFieldType(Integer.class, new Formatter<Integer>() {
public String print(Integer value, Locale locale) {
return value.toString();
}
public Integer parse(String value, Locale locale)
throws ParseException {
try {
return Integer.valueOf(value);
} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
return 1;
}
}
});
binder.setConversionService(s);
}
The ConversionService
is a nice solution, but it lacks a value if you give an empty string to your request like ?page=
The ConversionService is simply not called at all, but page
is set to null
(in case of Integer
) or an Exception is thrown (in case of an int
)
This is my preferred solution:
@RequestMapping
public void handleRequest( HttpServletRequest request ) {
int page = ServletRequestUtils.getIntParameter(request, "page", 1);
}
This way you always have a valid int parameter.