Spring Boot - Is it possible to disable an end-point - spring-boot

Question

Assuming I have a controller like:
public class MyController {
public String endpoint1() {...}
public String endpoint2() {...}
}
I want to disable endpoint1 for whatever reason in Spring. Simply, just disable it so that it cannot be accessed. So, I am not looking for how and what response to return in that case or how to secure that endpoint. Just looking to simply disable the endpoint, something like #Disabled annotation on it or so.
SOLUTION UPDATE:
Thanks all who contributed. I decided to go with #AdolinK suggestion . However, that solution will only disable access to the controller resulting into 404 Not Found. However, if you use OpenApi, your controller and all of its models such as request/response body will still show in swagger.
So, in addition to Adolin's suggestion and also added #Hidden OpenApi annotation to my controllers like:
In application.properties, set:
cars.controller.enabled=false
Then in your controller, use it. To hide controller from the OpenApi/Swagger as well, you can use #Hiden tag:
#Hidden
#ConditionalOnExpression("${cars.controller.enabled}")
#RestController
#RequestMapping("/cars")
public class Carontroller {
...
}
After this, every end point handled by this controller will return 404 Not Found and OpenApi/Swagger will not show the controllers nor any of its related schema objects such as CarRequestModel, CarResponseModel etc.

Answer 1

You can use #ConditionalOnExpression annotation.
public class MyController {
#ConditionalOnExpression("${my.controller.enabled:false}")
public String endpoint1() {...}
public String endpoint2() {...}
}
In application.properties, you indicates that controller is enabled by default
my.controller.enabled=true
ConditionalOnExpression sets false your property, and doesn't allow access to end-point

Answer 2

Why not remove the mapping annotation over that method?

Answer 3

Try this simple approach: You can define a property is.enable.enpoint1 to turn on/off your endpoint in a flexible way.
If you turn off the endpoint, then return a 404 or error page, which depends on your situation.
#Value("${is.enable.enpoint1}")
private String isEnableEnpoint1;
public String endpoint1() {
if (!"true".equals(isEnableEnpoint1)) {
return "404";
}
// code
}