Example Spring MVC 3 Exception Handlers

example1.java

@Controller
public class SimpleController {

  // other controller method omitted

  @ExceptionHandler(IOException.class)
  public String handleIOException(IOException ex, HttpServletRequest request) {
    return ClassUtils.getShortName(ex.getClass());
  }
}

example2.java

@Controller
public class SimpleController {

  // other controller method omitted

   @ResponseStatus(value=HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN)
    @ExceptionHandler(SecurityException.class)
	public ModelAndView workflowExceptionCaught(SecurityException ex) {
    	return new ModelAndView("common/_error", "errorCode", HttpStatus.FORBIDDEN.value());
	}
}

example3.java

@Controller
public class SimpleController {

  // other controller method omitted

	@ExceptionHandler({Exception.class, IOException.class})
	public ModelAndView exceptionHandler(Exception e) {
		LOGGER.error("An error has occurred - " + e.getMessage(), e);
		ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("exception");
		mav.addObject("showTrace", false);
		mav.addObject("exception", e);
		return mav;
	}
}

exception.jsp

<%-- includes omitted --%>

<div>
	<div id="message" class="errorLabel">Exception Thrown: ${exception.message}</div>
	<c:if test="${showTrace eq null || showTrace eq true }">
		<div id="stackTrace">${exception.stackTrace}</div>
	</c:if>
</div>