Custom HTTP Error 404 - Annotation based setting Spring 3.2 - spring

Question

Is it possible to implement annotation based custom HTTP 404 error page using Spring 3.2.1?
I looked for ways in various forums but couldn't find any clear answer.
I also tried configuring using web.xml but it is not working when I access unmapped URL.
Any help please?
Log output
7259 [DEBUG] org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet - DispatcherServlet with name 'spring-test' processing GET request for [/spring-test/ss]
7261 [DEBUG] org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping - Looking up handler method for path /ss
7262 [DEBUG] org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMapping - Did not find handler method for [/ss]
7262 [WARN ] org.springframework.web.servlet.PageNotFound - No mapping found for HTTP request with URI [/spring-test/ss] in DispatcherServlet with name 'spring-test'
7262 [DEBUG] org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet - Successfully completed request
web.xml
<web-app xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee" xmlns:web="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/javaee/web-app_3_0.xsd"
id="rest" version="3.0" metadata-complete="true">
<!-- The definition of the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<context-param>
<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
<param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value>
</context-param>
<context-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>main.java.net.bornil.config</param-value>
</context-param>
<!-- Processes application requests -->
<servlet>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<servlet-class>org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet</servlet-class>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextClass</param-name>
<param-value>org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext</param-value>
</init-param>
<init-param>
<param-name>contextConfigLocation</param-name>
<param-value>main.java.net.bornil.config</param-value>
</init-param>
<load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup>
</servlet>
<servlet-mapping>
<servlet-name>dispatcher</servlet-name>
<url-pattern>/</url-pattern>
</servlet-mapping>
<!-- Creates the Spring Container shared by all Servlets and Filters -->
<listener>
<listener-class>org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener</listener-class>
</listener>
<welcome-file-list>
<welcome-file />
</welcome-file-list>
<error-page>
<error-code>404</error-code>
<location>/errors/404</location>
</error-page>
</web-app>
Controller
#Controller
#RequestMapping(value = "/errors")
public class CommonExceptionHandler {
private static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(CommonExceptionHandler.class.getName());
#RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.GET, value = "/{code}")
public ModelAndView handleException(#PathVariable int code) {
if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
log.debug("ERROR CODE IS: " + code);
}
return new ModelAndView("errors/404");
}
}

Answer 1

I had the same issue. I've a simple webapp, single page and, after spending a morning on the Spring forum (so nice you cannot search '404' there because it's just 3 chars long) and Google this is the best solution I found.
Assuming you have a index.jsp and a 404.jsp, my #Configuration' has:
#Override
public void addViewControllers(ViewControllerRegistry registry) {
registry.addViewController("/").setViewName("index");
registry.addViewController("/*").setViewName("404");
}