Trigger 404 in Spring-MVC controller?

Question

How do I get a Spring 3.0 controller to trigger a 404?

I have a controller with @RequestMapping(value = \"/**\", method = RequestMethod.GET) and for som

Answer 1

If your controller method is for something like file handling then ResponseEntity is very handy:

@Controller
public class SomeController {
    @RequestMapping.....
    public ResponseEntity handleCall() {
        if (isFound()) {
            return new ResponseEntity(...);
        }
        else {
            return new ResponseEntity(404);
        }
    }
}

Answer 2

Starting from Spring 5.0, you don't necessarily need to create additional exceptions:

throw new ResponseStatusException(NOT_FOUND, "Unable to find resource");

Also, you can cover multiple scenarios with one, built-in exception and you have more control.

See more:

• ResponseStatusException (javadoc)
• https://www.baeldung.com/spring-response-status-exception

Answer 3

Rewrite your method signature so that it accepts HttpServletResponse as a parameter, so that you can call setStatus(int) on it.

http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/mvc.html#mvc-ann-requestmapping-arguments

Answer 4

This is a bit late, but if you are using Spring Data REST then there is already org.springframework.data.rest.webmvc.ResourceNotFoundException It also uses @ResponseStatus annotation. There is no need to create a custom runtime exception anymore.

Answer 5

Also if you want to return 404 status from your controller all you need is to do this

@RequestMapping(value = "/somthing", method = RequestMethod.POST)
@ResponseBody
public HttpStatus doSomthing(@RequestBody String employeeId) {
    try{
  return HttpStatus.OK;
    } 
    catch(Exception ex){ 
  return HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND;
    }
}

By doing this you will receive a 404 error in case when you want to return a 404 from your controller.

Answer 6

you can use the @ControllerAdvice to handle your Exceptions , The default behavior the @ControllerAdvice annotated class will assist all known Controllers.

so it will be called when any Controller you have throws 404 error .

like the following :

@ControllerAdvice
class GlobalControllerExceptionHandler {
    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND)  // 404
    @ExceptionHandler(Exception.class)
    public void handleNoTFound() {
        // Nothing to do
    }
}

and map this 404 response error in your web.xml , like the following :

<error-page>
        <error-code>404</error-code>
        <location>/Error404.html</location>
</error-page>

Hope that Helps .