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Discover how to effectively propagate exceptions from your Axon Saga to Spring Boot REST controllers to enhance error handling and improve user feedback in your applications.
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Propagating Exceptions from Axon Saga to Spring Boot REST Controller

In today's software development landscape, utilizing frameworks like Axon with Spring Boot helps implement powerful architectures based on CQRS (Command Query Responsibility Segregation) and Event Sourcing patterns. However, dealing with exceptions—especially in asynchronous processes—can present significant challenges. One common issue developers face is how to handle exceptions thrown from an Axon Saga within a Spring Boot REST controller. This guide aims to explore the problem and deliver an effective solution.

Understanding the Problem

When you define a Saga in Axon, it is typically tasked with managing complex business processes that may involve several async commands and events. For example, you might have a Saga that handles processing orders, where you throw a custom exception like InvalidOrderException when certain conditions are not met. Here’s a simplified version of such a Saga:

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After throwing this exception, the challenge arises: how can this exception be communicated back to the originating REST controller, so the user receives informative feedback about what went wrong? A suggested approach may include implementing a GlobalExceptionHandler using @ RestControllerAdvice:

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Unfortunately, errors from the Saga do not propagate as expected to this handler, leading to an incomplete user experience.

Solution: Rethink Exception Handling in Asynchronous Processes

1. Acknowledge the Nature of Sagas

Firstly, it's crucial to recognize that Sagas are designed to handle long-running asynchronous processes. Expecting a direct response—success or failure—from a Saga can be misleading, as these processes do not return immediately after an order is created. Instead, Sagas send events and execute commands asynchronously, which means they should not be relied upon for direct exception handling.

2. Use Event-Driven Feedback

Instead of propagating exceptions directly back to the REST controller, consider leveraging Axon's event-driven nature:

Publish Events: From within your Saga, when an error occurs, publish an error event to your event bus instead of throwing an exception.

Create Projections: Implement projections that will listen for these error events. This allows you to create a stateful representation of your orders that holds error information.

Subscription Queries: On the client side or in your REST controller, you can subscribe to these queries to retrieve the current status of the order, including any errors that might have occurred.

3. Refactor Your REST Controller Logic

In your OrderController, you should not block waiting for the Saga to complete:

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This way, you inform the client that the order creation process has started, and they can check back for the status or listen for events indicating success or failure.

Conclusion

Exception handling in an Axon Saga can be approached differently than traditional synchronous programming models. By embracing the asynchronous nature of Sagas and utilizing an event-driven architecture, you can effectively manage error states and provide a more robust user experience. As you develop on these frameworks, remember to prioritize clear communication of process states to both front-end applications and end-users.

With these strategies in mind, your application can handle exceptions gracefully while still taking full advantage of Axon’s powerful capabilities.