Spring Controller to handle all requests not matched by other Controllers

If your base url is like that= http://localhost/myapp/ where myapp is your context then myapp/a.html, myapp/b.html myapp/c.html will get mapped to the first 3 method in the following controller. But anything else will reach the last method which matches **. Please note that , if you put ** mapped method at the top of your controller then all request will reach this method.

Then this controller servrs your requirement:

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/")
public class ImportController{

    @RequestMapping(value = "a.html", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView getA(HttpServletRequest req) {
        ModelAndView mv;
        mv = new ModelAndView("a");
        return mv;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "b.html", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView getB(HttpServletRequest req) {
        ModelAndView mv;
        mv = new ModelAndView("b");
        return mv;
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "c.html", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public ModelAndView getC(HttpServletRequest req) {
        ModelAndView mv;
        mv = new ModelAndView("c");
        return mv;
    }

@RequestMapping(value="**",method = RequestMethod.GET)
public String getAnythingelse(){
return "redirect:/404.html";
}

@RequestMapping (value = "/**", method = {RequestMethod.GET, RequestMethod.POST})
public ResponseEntity<String> defaultPath() {
    LOGGER.info("Unmapped request handling!");
    return new ResponseEntity<String>("Unmapped request", HttpStatus.OK);
}

This will do the work with proper order of controller matching. It will be used when nothing is matched.