Handling all listed exceptions but one with Spring's @ExceptionHandler annotation

Question

I am in reference to Spring MVC's @ExceptionHandler annotation.

I would like for my @ExceptionHandler-annotated method to handle all exception but one or two specific exceptions that would be ignored.

Is this possible with the Spring MVC 3.2? Is there any workaround?

Answer 1

Why not add two handler methods like

@ExceptionHandler(value={Exception.class})
public ModelAndView all(){
    return new ModelAndView();//return general M&V
}

@ExceptionHandler(value={Ex1.class, Ex2.class})
public ModelAndView special(){
    return new ModelAndView();//return special M&V
}

Answer 2

I don't think there is a way to do that with the @ExceptionHandler annotation.

One approach that should work is for you to provide an implementation of the HandlerExceptionResolver interface. In your implementation you could provide the code from your @ExceptionHandler methods and only execute it for the Exceptions that you wish to handle.

I think for Spring MVC to pick-up your custom HandlerExceptionResolver, it will just need to be registered as a bean within your ApplicationContext.