404 error calling controller method after clicking on submit button

[Frank Serkland]

I have another 404 error. This time it's on a controller method. It's not being called when I click on the submit button. Instead, I get the 404 error. Here is the initial line of my form.

<form:form commandName="bulletin" method="post" action="/processBulletin">

Here is my controller method.

@RequestMapping(value = "/processBulletin", method = RequestMethod.POST)
public String processBulletin(
        @ModelAttribute("bulletin") Bulletin bulletin, BindingResult result) {
    final BindException errors = new BindException(bulletin, "bulletin");

    bulletinValidator.validate(bulletin, errors);
    if (errors.hasErrors()) {
        return "redirect:/approvedBulletins";
    } else {
        try {
            bulletin.setSubject(bulletin.getSubject().trim());
            bulletin.setName(bulletin.getName().trim());
            bulletin.setNote(bulletin.getNote().trim());
            long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
            Calendar date = Calendar.getInstance();
            date.setTimeInMillis(now);
            bulletin.setDay((date.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1) + "/"
                    + date.get(Calendar.DATE) + "/"
                    + date.get(Calendar.YEAR));

            bulletinDAO.writeBulletin(bulletin.getName(),
                    bulletin.getSubject(), bulletin.getDay(),
                    bulletin.getNote());
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            return "FailurePage";
        }
    }

    return "/approvedBulletins";
}

If it matters, here is my Bulletin object.

public class Bulletin implements Serializable {
    private int id;
    private String day;
    private String name;
    private String subject;
    private String note;
    private boolean approved;

    public int getId() {
        return this.id;
    }

    public void setId(int id) {
        this.id = id;
    }

    public String getDay() {
        return this.day;
    }

    public void setDay(String day) {
        this.day = day;
    }

    public String getName() {
        return this.name;
    }

    public void setName(String name) {
        this.name = name;
    }

    public String getSubject() {
        return subject;
    }

    public void setSubject(String subject) {
        this.subject = subject;
    }

    public String getNote() {
        return this.note;
    }

    public void setNote(String note) {
        this.note = note;
    }

    public boolean isApproved() {
        return this.approved;
    }

    public void setApproved(boolean approved) {
        this.approved = approved;
    }
}

[Frank Serkland]

Problem solved by removing the slash from the action value in my form. My research indicates that 404 errors in Spring occur when the requested URL doesn't match any of the mapped patterns.