How to add HttpServletRequest param to complex RestController bean?

Question

I have a complex bean holding the rest parameters, eg:

public class MyRestParams {
    private HttpServletRequest req;
    private @NotBlank String name;

    //getter, setter
}

Usage:

@RestController 
@RequestMapping("/xml")
public class MyServlet {
    @RequestMapping(value = "/")
    public void getTest(@Valid MyRestParams p) {
        Sysout(p.getName()); //works when invoked with /xml?name=test
        Sysout(p.getReq()); //always null
    }
}

Problem: the HttpServletRequest is always null. Isn't it possible to add this parameter within the bean itself?

Answer 1

You can provide an implementation for HandlerMethodArgumentResolver to resolve your MyRestParams:

public class MyRestParamsArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgumentResolver {
    @Override
    public boolean supportsParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
        return parameter.getParameterType().equals(MyRestParams.class);
    }

    @Override
    public Object resolveArgument(MethodParameter parameter, 
                                  ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer,
                                  NativeWebRequest webRequest,
                                  WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory) throws Exception {
        MyRestParams restParam = new MyRestParams();
        restParam.setReq((HttpServletRequest) webRequest.getNativeRequest());

        return restParam;
    }
}

Then register it in your WebMvcConfigurerAdapter:

@EnableWebMvc
@Configuration
public class WebConfig extends WebMvcConfigurerAdapter {
    @Override
    public void addArgumentResolvers(List<HandlerMethodArgumentResolver> argumentResolvers) {
        argumentResolvers.add(new MyRestParamsArgumentResolver());
    }
}