I discovered an issue with my application where a HTTP HEAD request results in the following error. This is occurring because WebLogic does not allow access to the response (this is correct behavior) but Spring is attempting to render the view. Is this a bug in Spring MVC, or do I need to modify my code to support HEAD requests?

javax.servlet.ServletException: Original response not available

at weblogic.servlet.internal.RequestDispatcherImpl.fo rward(RequestDispatcherImpl.java:121)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResou rceView.renderMergedOutputModel(InternalResourceVi ew.java:112)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractView. render(AbstractView.java:249)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet. render(DispatcherServlet.java:1105)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet. doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:841)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet. doService(DispatcherServlet.java:755)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.p rocessRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:396)

at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.d oGet(FrameworkServlet.java:350)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.doHead(HttpServlet. java:313)

at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet .java:757)