MyRequestContextListener.java

package org.rosenvold.spring.convention.scope;

import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextHolder;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;

import javax.servlet.ServletRequestEvent;
import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;

public class MyRequestContextListener extends RequestContextListener {

    private static final String REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_ATTRIBUTE =
            RequestContextListener.class.getName() + ".REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES";

    @Override
    public void requestInitialized(ServletRequestEvent requestEvent) {
        if (!(requestEvent.getServletRequest() instanceof HttpServletRequest)) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Request is not an HttpServletRequest: " + requestEvent.getServletRequest());
        }
        HttpServletRequest request = (HttpServletRequest) requestEvent.getServletRequest();
        initRequest(request);
    }

    public static void initRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
        ServletRequestAttributes attributes = new ServletRequestAttributes(request);
        request.setAttribute(REQUEST_ATTRIBUTES_ATTRIBUTE, attributes);

        LocaleContextHolder.setLocale(request.getLocale(), true);
        RequestContextHolder.setRequestAttributes(attributes, true);
    }

}