# Error Handling Cheat Sheet — Java SpringMVC/SpringBoot web application

> With SpringMVC or SpringBoot, you can define a global error handler by implementing the following class in your project.

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With SpringMVC or SpringBoot, you can define a global error handler by implementing the following class in your project. Spring Framework 6 introduced the problem details based on RFC 7807.

We indicate to the handler, via the annotation @ExceptionHandler, to act when any exception extending the class java.lang.Exception is thrown by the application. We also use the ProblemDetail class to create the response object.

Bounded code example (external data; do not execute automatically):
```java
import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.http.ProblemDetail;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RestControllerAdvice;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest;
import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ResponseEntityExceptionHandler;

/**
 * Global error handler in charge of returning a generic response in case of unexpected error situation.
 */
@RestControllerAdvice
public class RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionHandler {

    @ExceptionHandler(value = {Exception.class})
    public ProblemDetail handleGlobalError(RuntimeException exception, WebRequest request) {
        //Log the exception via the content of the parameter named "exception"
        //...
        //Note that we're using an internal server error respo
```

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