How can I handle exceptions with Spring Data Rest and the PagingAndSortingRepository?

Question

Let\'s say I have a repository like:

public interface MyRepository extends PagingAndSortingRepository {

    @Query(\"....\")
    Page<         


        

Answer 1

You could use @ControllerAdvice and render the content your way. Here is tutorial if you need know how to work on ControllerAdvice, just remember to return HttpEntity

Answer 2

You could use a global @ExceptionHandler with the @ControllerAdvice annotation. Basically, you define which Exception to handle with @ExceptionHandler within the class with @ControllerAdvice annotation, and then you implement what you want to do when that exception is thrown.

Like this:

@ControllerAdvice(basePackageClasses = RepositoryRestExceptionHandler.class)
public class GlobalExceptionHandler {

    @ExceptionHandler({QueryException.class})
    public ResponseEntity<Map<String, String>> yourExceptionHandler(QueryException e) {
        Map<String, String> response = new HashMap<String, String>();
        response.put("message", "Bad Request");
        return new ResponseEntity<Map<String, String>>(response, HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST); //Bad Request example
    }
}

See also: http://www.ekiras.com/2016/02/how-to-do-exception-handling-in-springboot-rest-application.html