NOTE
Spring MVC Source Flow
Source-level request flow through DispatcherServlet, HandlerMapping, HandlerAdapter, interceptors, argument/return handlers, and exception processing.
This is a historical learning note and may contain outdated or incomplete understanding.
A durable Spring MVC request flow is:
- Servlet container invokes
DispatcherServlet; - a
HandlerMappingfinds the mapped handler and interceptors; - a compatible
HandlerAdapterinvokes the handler; - argument resolvers/binders/converters build method arguments;
- controller executes;
- return-value handlers/message converters or view resolution build the response;
- exception resolvers handle eligible failures;
- interceptor completion hooks run.
Exact strategy classes and method names evolve; this pipeline is the stable mental model for source debugging.