Spring @ExceptionHandler does not work with @ResponseBody

Question

I try to configure a spring exception handler for a rest controller that is able to render a map to both xml and json based on the incoming accept header. It throws a 500 se

Answer 1

This seems ilke a confirmed Bug (SPR-6902 @ResponseBody does not work with @ExceptionHandler)

https://jira.springsource.org/browse/SPR-6902

Fixed in 3.1 M1 though...