How to set up filter chain in spring boot?

Question

I have come across spring-boot and intend to add a filter chain for incoming request.

Here is the Application:

package example.hello;

import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;

@SpringBootApplication
public class Application {

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        ApplicationContext ctx = SpringApplication.run(Application.class, args);
    }

}

Here is the Controller:

package example.hello;

import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestController;

import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;

@RestController
public class GreetingController {

    private static final String template = "Hello, %s!";
    private final AtomicLong counter = new AtomicLong();

    @RequestMapping("/greeting")
    public Greeting greeting(@RequestParam(value="name", defaultValue="World") String name) {
        return new Greeting(counter.incrementAndGet(),
                String.format(template, name));
    }
}

Here is the Filter Config:

package example.hello;

import org.springframework.boot.context.embedded.FilterRegistrationBean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
public class WebConfig {

    @Bean
    public FilterRegistrationBean greetingFilterRegistrationBean() {
        FilterRegistrationBean registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean();
        registrationBean.setName("greeting");
        GreetingFilter greetingFilter = new GreetingFilter();
        registrationBean.setFilter(greetingFilter);
        registrationBean.setOrder(1);
        return registrationBean;
    }

    @Bean
    public FilterRegistrationBean helloFilterRegistrationBean() {
        FilterRegistrationBean registrationBean = new FilterRegistrationBean();
        registrationBean.setName("hello");
        HelloFilter helloFilter = new HelloFilter();
        registrationBean.setFilter(helloFilter);
        registrationBean.setOrder(2);
        return registrationBean;
    }

}

Here is the HelloFilter and Greeting Filter:

package example.hello;

import javax.servlet.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class HelloFilter implements Filter {
    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {

    }

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest servletRequest, ServletResponse servletResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        System.out.println("HelloFilter!");
    }

    @Override
    public void destroy() {

    }
}

package example.hello;

import javax.servlet.*;
import java.io.IOException;

public class GreetingFilter implements Filter {
    @Override
    public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws ServletException {

    }

    @Override
    public void doFilter(ServletRequest servletRequest, ServletResponse servletResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, ServletException {
        System.out.println("Greetings from filter!");
    }

    @Override
    public void destroy() {

    }
}

When I start the application and run curl localhost:8080/greeting, Only "Greetings from filter" is received and the HelloFilter is not invoked.

Besides there is no response from Greeting Controller. It seems that the GreetingFilter blocks the procedure.

So how to set the filter chain in Spring boot. Are there any bugs in the code above?

Answer 1

Adding following line of code in GreetingFilter works

filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);

Answer 2

I would just like to clarify a little more on what Gangadhar suggested. You can try adding :

filterChain.doFilter(servletRequest, servletResponse);

in doFilter method of your filter classes.This will create chaining of the filters.