@RequestMapping using wildcards fails with a NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException

[chriswk]

So I've got a PersonController

@Controller
@RequestMapping("/person/**")
public class PersonController {
    String dateFormat = "yyyy-MM-dd";
    protected Log log = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());
    @Autowired
    private PersonService personService;
    private Validator validator = Validation.buildDefaultValidatorFactory().getValidator();

    @RequestMapping(value = "person/{id}", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String show(@PathVariable("id") Long id, ModelMap modelMap) {

        Assert.notNull(id, "Identifier must be provided.");
        if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Showing person with id: " +id);
        }
        modelMap.addAttribute("person", personService.find(id));
        return "person/show";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "person", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String list(ModelMap modelMap) {
        if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Listing all persons");
        }
        modelMap.addAttribute("people", personService.findAll());
        return "person/list";
    }
 @RequestMapping(value = "person/{id}", method = RequestMethod.DELETE)
    public String delete(@PathVariable("id") Long id, ModelMap modelMap) {
        Assert.notNull(id, "Identifier must be provided.");

        try {
            personService.remove(personService.find(id));
        } catch (DataIntegrityViolationException dive) {
            modelMap.addAttribute("integrityViolation", "The person is connected to another domain object. <br/>" +
                    "Remove the person from this object and then try again");
        }
        return "redirect:/person";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value ="person/form", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String form(ModelMap modelMap) {
        if(log.isDebugEnabled()) {
            log.debug("Creating new Person");
        }
        modelMap.addAttribute("person", new Person());
        return "person/create";
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "person", method = RequestMethod.POST)
    public String create(@ModelAttribute("person") Person person, BindingResult result) {
        Assert.notNull(person, "Person must be provided");
        for(ConstraintViolation<Person> constraint : validator.validate(person)) {
            result.rejectValue(constraint.getPropertyPath(), null, constraint.getMessage());
        }
        if(result.hasErrors()) {
            return "person/create";
        }
        personService.persist(person);
        return "redirect:/person/" +person.getId();
    }

    @RequestMapping(value = "person/{id}/form", method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String updateForm(@PathVariable("id") Long id, ModelMap modelMap) {
        Assert.notNull(id, "Identifier must be provided.");
        modelMap.addAttribute("person", personService.find(id));
        return "person/update";
    }

    @RequestMapping(method = RequestMethod.PUT)
    public String update(@ModelAttribute("person") Person person, BindingResult result) {
        Assert.notNull(person, "Person must be provided.");
        for(ConstraintViolation<Person> constraint : validator.validate(person)) {
            result.rejectValue(constraint.getPropertyPath(), null, constraint.getMessage());
        }
        if(result.hasErrors()) {
            return "person/update";
        }
        personService.merge(person);
        return "redirect:/person/" +person.getId();

    }

    @InitBinder
	public void initBinder(WebDataBinder binder, WebRequest request) {
		binder.registerCustomEditor(Person.class, new PersonEditor(personService));
        binder.registerCustomEditor(Date.class, new CustomDateEditor(new SimpleDateFormat(dateFormat), false));
	}

With my servlet.xml

 <context:component-scan base-package="com.isharelib.library" />
    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.SimpleMappingExceptionResolver">
        <property name="exceptionMappings">
            <props>
                <prop key=".DataAccessException">dataAccessFailure</prop>
                <prop key=".lang.Exception">uncaughtException</prop>
            </props>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <bean id="viewResolver" class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.InternalResourceViewResolver" p:prefix="/WEB-INF/jsp/" p:suffix=".jsp"/>
       <!-- Maps request paths to flows in the flowRegistry; e.g. a path of /wizard looks for a flow with id "wizard" -->

     <!-- Maps request paths to @Controller classes; e.g. a path of /person looks for a controller named PersonController -->
       <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.DefaultAnnotationHandlerMapping"/>

    <bean class="org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter"/>

This was working, then I wanted to add Spring Security to the mix. So I add the 3.0.0.M1 jar files to my local repo and add the dependency, I now have the security configured, but the mappings to /person/** seems to have gone away.

I can still do @RequestMapping("/register") for a RegisterController and see the mapping working, but the PersonController throws the following error when requesting appname/person:
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** Root cause is: No matching handler method found for servlet request: path '/person', method 'GET', parameters map[[empty]] org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.No SuchRequestHandlingMethodException: No matching handler method found for servlet request: path '/person', method 'GET', parameters map[[empty]] at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.Ann otationMethodHandlerAdapter$ServletHandlerMethodRe solver.resolveHandlerMethod(AnnotationMethodHandle rAdapter.java:498) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.Ann otationMethodHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(An notationMethodHandlerAdapter.java:349) at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.Ann otationMethodHandlerAdapter.handle(AnnotationMetho dHandlerAdapter.java:342)
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Any suggestions as to where I go wrong? Been racking my brains trying to find the difference between this and what I've got successfully working from the http://stsmedia.net finance application

[Kees de Kooter]

Did you happen to solve this in the meantime Chris?

I am having the exact same problem.

[chriswk]

Afraid not Kees.

Though it seems like the tutorial on STSmedia

http://stsmedia.net/spring-finance-p...3-integration/

have solved it to some extent, at least they managed to add SS 3 to the Spring 3 project without breaking the @RequestMapping annotations. Though not with the custom User and Role classes which I wanted.

Personally, since this was a private project, I ended up switching the project to grails.

Can definitely recommend the stsmedia tutorial though. That was my starting point when I started the project in Spring.