Time for action – adding the data audit interceptor

Using a simple MVC interceptor, you can accomplish audit logging without making changes to your application code. Create an interceptor to record an audit log using the following steps:

1. Create a class called AuditingInterceptor under the package com.packt.webstore.interceptor in the source folder src/main/java and add the following code into it:

   package com.packt.webstore.interceptor;
   
   import java.text.DateFormat;
   import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
   import java.util.Calendar;
   import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
   import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
   import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
   import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.HandlerInterceptorAdapter;
   
   public class AuditingInterceptor extends HandlerInterceptorAdapter {
   
     Logger logger = Logger.getLogger("auditLogger");
     private String user;
     private String productId;
   
     public boolean preHandle(HttpServletRequest request,HttpServletResponse arg1, Object handler) throws...