Spring Standalone MockMvc ignores @RestControllerAdvice annotation attributes

MockMvc created by MockMvcBuilders.standaloneSetup() ignores @RestControllerAdvice annotation attributes but works well for a @ControllerAdvice/ResponseBody pair.

• Spring Boot: 2.3.2
• Spring Framework: 5.2.8

Example: https://github.com/thecederick/MockMvc-ignores-RestControllerAdvice-annotation-fields

Failing Configuration

Controller:

@RestController
@RequestMapping
public class Api1Controller {

    @PostMapping(value = "/endpoint1")
    public String endpoint() {
        return "done";
    }
}

Controller advice:

@RestControllerAdvice(assignableTypes = Api1Controller.class)
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class Api1ControllerAdvice {

    @ExceptionHandler(Throwable.class)
    public String handleException(Throwable throwable) {
        return this.getClass() + " - " + throwable.getClass();
    }
}

Test:

    @BeforeEach
    public void setup() {
        this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders
                .standaloneSetup(controller)
                .addDispatcherServletCustomizer(
                        dispatcherServlet -> dispatcherServlet.setThrowExceptionIfNoHandlerFound(true))
                .setControllerAdvice(Api1ControllerAdvice.class, DefaultControllerAdvice.class)
                .build();
    }

    @Test
    void notFound() throws Exception {
        mockMvc
                .perform(
                        post("/test")
                                .contentType("application/json")
                                .content("{}"))
                .andExpect(content().string(
                        "class com.example.demo.root.DefaultControllerAdvice - class org.springframework.web.servlet.NoHandlerFoundException"));
    }

Working Configuration

@RestController
@RequestMapping
public class Api2Controller {

    @PostMapping(value = "/endpoint2")
    public String endpoint() {
        return "done";
    }
}

Controller advice:

@ControllerAdvice(assignableTypes = Api2Controller.class)
@ResponseBody
@Order(Ordered.HIGHEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class Api2ControllerAdvice {

    @ExceptionHandler(Throwable.class)
    public String handleException(Throwable throwable) {
        return this.getClass() + " - " + throwable.getClass();
    }
}

Test:

    @BeforeEach
    public void setup() {
        this.mockMvc = MockMvcBuilders
                .standaloneSetup(controller)
                .addDispatcherServletCustomizer(
                        dispatcherServlet -> dispatcherServlet.setThrowExceptionIfNoHandlerFound(true))
                .setControllerAdvice(
                        Api2ControllerAdvice.class,
                        DefaultControllerAdvice.class)
                .build();
    }

    @Test
    void notFound() throws Exception {
        mockMvc
                .perform(
                        post("/test")
                                .contentType("application/json")
                                .content("{}"))
                .andExpect(content().string(
                        "class com.example.demo.root.DefaultControllerAdvice - class org.springframework.web.servlet.NoHandlerFoundException"));
    }

Default advice

@RestControllerAdvice
@Order(Ordered.LOWEST_PRECEDENCE)
public class DefaultControllerAdvice {

    @ExceptionHandler(Throwable.class)
    public String handleException(Throwable throwable) {
        return this.getClass() + " - " + throwable.getClass();
    }
}

Summary

In the first configuration using the @RestControllerAdvice annotation the test fails; with the second one, it passes as expected.

Comment From: sbrannen

Thanks for raising the issue and providing the example project to debug. Much appreciated!

I've determined that there is a bug in the implementation of StaticListableBeanFactory.findAnnotationOnBean(). The implementation in DefaultListableBeanFactory (which is used in production and with MockMvc when providing a WebApplicationContext to the builder) looks up "merged annotations" with support for @AliasFor attribute overrides; whereas, the implementation in StaticListableBeanFactory (which is used when using the stand-alone MockMvc builder) currently only looks up raw annotations. That's why the annotation attributes in @RestControllerAdvice get ignored when using the stand-alone MockMvc support.

Comment From: sbrannen

This issue is related to:

• gh-22584 :: 50c257794f7845829ac9ce78a102ef94e7e28a2e
• gh-23163 :: 978adbdae749566fbf458f4f72847dfc0b5aabf7

Comment From: sbrannen

The fix has been merged into 5.2.x and master.

Feel free to try it out in an upcoming 5.2.9 or 5.3 M2 snapshot.

Thanks again for raising the issue. 👍

Comment From: yevhenii-pazii

Thank you!