How to redirect any url that do not match any #RequestMapping parameter in the application - spring

Question

I use Spring MVC in my web application. I am trying to redirect any url that match the pattern http://localhost:8080/my-app/* to a specific controller. But if the url is something like the following, http://localhost:8080/my-app/test and if there is a controller as follows:
#Controller
#RequestMapping("test")
public class TestClass
{
#RequestMapping(value = "/landing", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String selectHomePage(ModelMap model)
{
//do something
}
#RequestMapping(value = "/list", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String listFaqCollections(#ModelAttribute("ownedby") String ownedBy, ModelMap model)
{
//do something
}
}
And I have another class as follows:
#Controller
public class InvalidUrslRedirect
{
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String redirectInvalidUrls(Model model)
{
//do something
}
All the urls that are invalid will be redirected to the above controller class.
The valid urls would be as follows:
http://localhost:8080/my-app/test/landing
http://localhost:8080/my-app/test/list?ownedby=me
But if the url is something like:
http://localhost:8080/my-app/test/list?ownedbys=me
the normal tomcat 404 error page is displayed and the it is not getting redirected to the InvalidUrslRedirect class
In my web.xml file, I have the following:
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>classpath:spring/core/root-context.xml, classpath:spring/core/spring-security.xml</param-value>
</context-param>
<listener>
<listener-class>
org.springframework.web.context.request.RequestContextListener
</listener-class>
</listener>
<filter>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<filter-class>org.springframework.web.filter.DelegatingFilterProxy</filter-class>
</filter>
<filter-mapping>
<filter-name>springSecurityFilterChain</filter-name>
<url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
</filter-mapping>
In the spring-security.xml, I have:
<http auto-config="true" use-expressions="true">
<intercept-url pattern="/**" access="isFullyAuthenticated()"/>
I have been searching the net for some time now, but could not find much help. is there any way i can achieve such a functionality. Thanks in advance

Answer 1

If i understood you correctly, you want to redirect every request other than e.g. "/test". In this case you'll need two methods:
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String redirectEverythingOtherThanTest(){
return "redirect:/pageToRedirectTo.html"
}
#RequestMapping(value="/test", method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String testRequest(){
//some stuff
return "somepage.html";
}
Also remember about #Controller annotation on your class.

Answer 2

How is your web application setup? Which URLs is Spring looking for? Do you have an AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer?
public class WebApplicationInitializer extends AbstractAnnotationConfigDispatcherServletInitializer {
/**
* Configure Spring MVC to handle ALL requests
*/
#Override
protected String[] getServletMappings() {
return new String[] { "/" };
}
#Override
protected Class<?>[] getRootConfigClasses() {
....
}
#Override
protected Class<?>[] getServletConfigClasses() {
....
}
#Override
public void onStartup(ServletContext container) throws ServletException {
...
}
}