Spring optional @PathVariable?

Q:

Is it possible to somehow get a hold of a @PathVariable in a @ControllerAdvice given that the PathVariable is only present in some requests?

If this was in a Controller, I could write 2 different Controllers. But a ControllerAdvice always applies to all requests. I can't have a ControllerAdvice apply to only Controllers where the PathVariable is defined.

 

A:

You can inject the Map of path variables and check for the existence of a key.

public void advise(@PathVariable Map<String, String> pathVariables) {
    if (pathVariables.containsKey("something")) {
        String something = pathVariables.get("something");
        // do something

    } else {
        // do something else
    }
}