Spring MVC3 access HttpServletRequest

Question

I would like to handle request and session attributes myself rather than leaving it to Spring @SessionAttributes, for login or cookies handling for example. I just cannot figure out how to access the HttpRequest from within a controller. I need a way to go a layer above the @RequestAttribute and access the HttpRequest itself. With Stripes in used to do this by implementing an ApplicationContext and calling getAttribute().

Also, passing the HttpServletRequest as parameter seems not to work:

@RequestMapping(value="/")
public String home(HttpServletRequest request){   
    System.out.println(""+request.getSession().getCreationTime());
    return "home"; 
}

Why does this method not print anything?

dcio · Accepted Answer · 2021-06-17 20:00:23Z

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Attach a debugger and confirm that your controller method is called.

Check the following:

Are you sending a POST request? Then you need to specify the method name with the method parameter: @RequestMapping(value = "/hello", method = RequestMethod.POST)
Is your controller properly detected by Spring via the @Controller annotation?

edited Jun 17, 2021 at 20:00

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