HOWTO handle 404 exceptions globally using Spring MVC configured using Java based Annotations

Question

I am building a Spring 4 MVC app. And it is completely configured using Java Annotations. There is no web.xml. The app is configured by using instance of

Answer 1

Enable DispatcherServlet throw a NoHandlerFoundException through web.xml configuartion.

    throwExceptionIfNoHandlerFound
    true