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

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