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

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.