Custom handling for 405 error with Spring Web MVC

Question

In my application, I have a few RequestMappings that only allow POST. If someone happens to fire a GET request at that particular path, they get a 405 error page fed by the

Answer 1

Working Code:

@ControllerAdvice
public class GlobalExceptionController {

    @ExceptionHandler(HttpRequestMethodNotSupportedException.class)
    public ModelAndView handleError405(HttpServletRequest request, Exception e) {
        ModelAndView mav = new ModelAndView("/405");
        mav.addObject("exception", e);  
        //mav.addObject("errorcode", "405");
        return mav;
    }
}

In Jsp page (405.jsp):

    
HTTP Status 405 - Request Method not Support
    
The request method does not support. ">home page.