Consider adding static notFound() builder method to ResponseEntity [SPR-12070]

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Marcel Overdijk opened SPR-12070 and commented

Since 4.1 RC1 The RepsonseEntity is extended with convenient static builders for e.g. ok(), created(), accepted() and noContent().

Next to that there is also a status(int status) methid to easily create response for other status codes.

In many projects I see quite a 404 not found codes returned.

So adding a notFound() static method would be desirable to add.

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Affects: 4.1 RC1

Issue Links:

• Provide builders for HttpEntity and ResponseEntity [SPR-11752] #16374 Provide builders for HttpEntity and ResponseEntity
• Consider adding static badRequest() builder method to ResponseEntity [SPR-12112] #16728 Consider adding static badRequest() builder method to ResponseEntity
• Please add static unprocessableEntity() builder method to ResponseEntity [SPR-12515] #17120 Please add static unprocessableEntity() builder method to ResponseEntity

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Michael Vitz commented

Could anyone please explain why you decided disallowing setting any body when using this builder?

I stumbled upon this issue multiple times. If there is no clear reason I would propose (maybe in a new issue) the addition of a builder with a body.

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Juergen Hoeller commented

No specific reason, just simple REST style 404s typically coming without a body. We could open up the existing notFound() to a BodyBuilder but I'm afraid that wouldn't be binary-compatible. There's always status(NOT_FOUND) which does return a BodyBuilder...