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

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.