Spring MVC ExceptionHandler gets easier.
Spring MVC exception handling gets easier with @ControllerAdvice with the release of Spring 3.2.1. You can annotate your class as shown below and add a method to handle exception @ControllerAdvice public class AppCoreController { @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class) public @ResponseBody RequestStatus handleException(Exception exception) { RequestStatus errorStatus = new RequestStatus(); errorStatus.setMessageCode(-999); errorStatus.setMessageDescription(exception.getMessage()); return errorStatus; } } Please note that RequestStatus is a custom controller and yeap we are returning an class / object type as oppose to just String data type. These add exception handling capabilities to all your existing controller.