How do I configure a RestTemplate to return null when 404 happens?

[rclarke88]

I am calling a REST URL that returns a 404 if data cannot be found, along with a body that contains some XML. A 404 is a valid case and an exception should not be thrown. (I am using Spring 3.0.5.)

I am calling RestTemplate.getForObject() and want it to return null if the REST call results in a 404.

Foo foo = restTemplate.getForObject(url, Foo.class, vars);

How can I configure the RestTemplate to return null when a 404 happens?

[SK-J]

I have got the same problem few days ago. And I tried some idea. Only this one works.
At the server side: set a aop around joinpoint, when your methods return null, then you put a flag in the cookies, and still return null.
At the client side: Overrides the Spring RestTemplete, just Overrides one method called doExecute, there you can get the cookies you past.

That's the way I did. Look forward to good idea....