refined Resource "exists()" check for HTTP URLs to always return false for 404 status (SPR-7881)

Author: jhoeller

org.springframework.core/src/main/java/org/springframework/core/io/AbstractFileResolvingResource.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.
@@ -100,9 +100,13 @@ public boolean exists() {
 						(con instanceof HttpURLConnection ? (HttpURLConnection) con : null);
 				if (httpCon != null) {
 					httpCon.setRequestMethod("HEAD");
-					if (httpCon.getResponseCode() == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
+					int code = httpCon.getResponseCode();
+					if (code == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK) {
 						return true;
 					}
+					else if (code == HttpURLConnection.HTTP_NOT_FOUND) {
+						return false;
+					}
 				}
 				if (con.getContentLength() >= 0) {
 					return true;