See Spring 2 controller names in New Relic

NewRelicControllerNameInterceptor.java

package com.example;

import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;

import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.Controller;

/**
 * Sets a request attribute for New Relic if the current handler is uses the old
 * Spring {@link Controller}-based handlers.
 * 
 * @author Carey Evans
 */
public class NewRelicControllerNameInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter {
	@Override
	public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler) {
		if (handler instanceof Controller) {
			request.setAttribute("com.newrelic.agent.TRANSACTION_NAME", ClassUtils.getShortName(handler.getClass()));
		}
		return true;
	}
}