Architecture Digest

Oct 13, 2024 · Backend Development

Improving Spring MVC Controllers: Unified Response Structure, Validation, and Exception Handling

The article explains how to simplify Spring MVC controller code by introducing a unified response wrapper, handling String return types with ResponseBodyAdvice, adjusting HttpMessageConverter order, applying JSR‑303 validation for @RequestParam, @PathVariable and @RequestBody, creating custom validation annotations, and implementing global exception handling for consistent API responses.