diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilter.java
index 1751a699af..0984a942d3 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/ForwardedHeaderFilter.java
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ public class ForwardedHeaderFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
/**
* Enables mode in which only the HttpServletRequest is modified. This means that
* {@link HttpServletResponse#sendRedirect(String)} will only work when the application is configured to use
- * relative redirects. This can be done with Servlet Container specific setup. For example, using Tomcat's
+ * relative redirects. This can be done by placing {@link RelativeRedirectFilter} after this Filter or Servlet
+ * Container specific setup. For example, using Tomcat's
* useRelativeRedirects
* attribute.
*
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c2f893d2b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.filter;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+/**
+ * Overrides the {@link HttpServletResponse#sendRedirect(String)} to set the "Location" header and the HTTP Status
+ * directly to avoid the Servlet Container from creating an absolute URL. This allows redirects that have a relative
+ * "Location" that ensures support for RFC 7231 Section
+ * 7.1.2. It should be noted that while relative redirects are more efficient, they may not work with reverse
+ * proxies under some configurations.
+ *
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ * @since 4.3.10
+ */
+public class RelativeRedirectFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter {
+ private HttpStatus sendRedirectHttpStatus = HttpStatus.FOUND;
+
+ /**
+ * Sets the HTTP Status to be used when {@code HttpServletResponse#sendRedirect(String)} is invoked.
+ * @param sendRedirectHttpStatus the 3xx HTTP Status to be used when
+ * {@code HttpServletResponse#sendRedirect(String)} is invoked. The default is {@code HttpStatus.FOUND}.
+ */
+ public void setSendRedirectHttpStatus(HttpStatus sendRedirectHttpStatus) {
+ Assert.notNull(sendRedirectHttpStatus, "HttpStatus is required");
+ if(!sendRedirectHttpStatus.is3xxRedirection()) {
+ throw new IllegalArgumentException("sendRedirectHttpStatus should be for redirection. Got " + sendRedirectHttpStatus);
+ }
+ this.sendRedirectHttpStatus = sendRedirectHttpStatus;
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ protected void doFilterInternal(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, FilterChain filterChain) throws ServletException, IOException {
+ filterChain.doFilter(request, new RelativeRedirectResponse(response));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Modifies {@link #sendRedirect(String)} to explicitly set the "Location" header and an HTTP status code to avoid
+ * containers from rewriting the location to be an absolute URL.
+ *
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ * @since 4.3.10
+ */
+ private class RelativeRedirectResponse extends HttpServletResponseWrapper {
+
+ /**
+ * Constructs a response adaptor wrapping the given response.
+ *
+ * @param response
+ * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the response is null
+ */
+ public RelativeRedirectResponse(HttpServletResponse response) {
+ super(response);
+ }
+
+ @Override
+ public void sendRedirect(String location) throws IOException {
+ setHeader(HttpHeaders.LOCATION, location);
+ setStatus(sendRedirectHttpStatus.value());
+ }
+ }
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilterTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffcb036033
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/filter/RelativeRedirectFilterTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.web.filter;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.mockito.InOrder;
+import org.mockito.Mock;
+import org.mockito.Mockito;
+import org.mockito.junit.MockitoJUnitRunner;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rob Winch
+ * @since 4.3.10
+ */
+@RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
+public class RelativeRedirectFilterTests {
+ @Mock
+ HttpServletResponse response;
+
+ RelativeRedirectFilter filter = new RelativeRedirectFilter();
+
+ @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+ public void sendRedirectHttpStatusWhenNullThenIllegalArgumentException() {
+ this.filter.setSendRedirectHttpStatus(null);
+ }
+
+ @Test(expected = IllegalArgumentException.class)
+ public void sendRedirectHttpStatusWhenNot3xxThenIllegalArgumentException() {
+ this.filter.setSendRedirectHttpStatus(HttpStatus.OK);
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void doFilterSendRedirectWhenDefaultsThenLocationAnd302() throws Exception {
+ String location = "/foo";
+
+ sendRedirect(location);
+
+ InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(this.response);
+ inOrder.verify(this.response).setHeader(HttpHeaders.LOCATION, location);
+ inOrder.verify(this.response).setStatus(HttpStatus.FOUND.value());
+ }
+
+ @Test
+ public void doFilterSendRedirectWhenCustomSendRedirectHttpStatusThenLocationAnd301() throws Exception {
+ String location = "/foo";
+ HttpStatus status = HttpStatus.MOVED_PERMANENTLY;
+ this.filter.setSendRedirectHttpStatus(status);
+ sendRedirect(location);
+
+ InOrder inOrder = Mockito.inOrder(this.response);
+ inOrder.verify(this.response).setHeader(HttpHeaders.LOCATION, location);
+ inOrder.verify(this.response).setStatus(status.value());
+ }
+
+ private void sendRedirect(String location) throws Exception {
+ MockFilterChain chain = new MockFilterChain();
+
+ filter.doFilterInternal(new MockHttpServletRequest(), response, chain);
+
+ HttpServletResponse wrappedResponse = (HttpServletResponse) chain.getResponse();
+ wrappedResponse.sendRedirect(location);
+ }
+}
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