diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java index 4505c5bf697eab05d395226aa4384c6a49b1bbe1..c1f241afcf395a221139c7b14e381b0eb1017839 100644 --- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java +++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/ResponseStatus.java @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ /* - * Copyright 2002-2017 the original author or authors. + * Copyright 2002-2021 the original author or authors. * * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. @@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus; * a return type and avoid the use of {@code @ResponseStatus} altogether. * *
Note that a controller class may also be annotated with - * {@code @ResponseStatus} and is then inherited by all {@code @RequestMapping} - * and {@code @ExceptionHandler} methods. + * {@code @ResponseStatus} which is then inherited by all {@code @RequestMapping} + * and {@code @ExceptionHandler} methods in that class and its subclasses unless + * overridden by a local {@code @ResponseStatus} declaration on the method. * * @author Arjen Poutsma * @author Sam Brannen