[Springframework-developer] postHandle for Interceptors

[Darren D. <da...@da...>]

If a controller handles the response completely it should return a null
ModelAndView to the dispatcher to indicate as such and prevent the
dispatcher attempting to render a view.

In such a case, is it appropriate that the dispatcher still attempts to
call the postHandle() method of any Interceptors in the chain?  It seems
redundant to me - it also means every postHandle() method in every
Interceptor implementation has to explicitly check for a null MAV to avoi=
d
throwing an NPE.

I'm unsure if there are valid use cases that would require a postHandle()
to execute if the controller has fully handled the response (ie with a
response.sendError(...)

How about amending line 381 of DispatcherServlet thus:

if (mappedHandler.getInterceptors() !=3D null && mv !=3D null) {



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Darren Davison
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