I have searched and searched and have not found anything that says this is not possible, nor anything that explains how to do it.

If you have a Base Controller that is extended I understand that the request mapped methods are also inherited.

So with....

```
public abstract class BaseController
{

    @RequestMapping(value="hello", method=RequestMethod.GET)
    public String hello(Model model) {
        return "hello-view;
}

```

...a Controller like so ...

```
@Controller
@RequestMapping("/admin/")
public abstract class AdminController
{
 ....
}

```

...will inherit a method listening at /admin/hello that returns the hello-view.

This is all fine.

But what if I have a BaseController method that redirects:

```
public abstract class BaseController
{

    @RequestMapping(value="hello", method=RequestMethod.POST)
    public String hello(Model model) {
        return "redirect:/success/;
}

```

As I understand it the redirect requires either a relative or absolute URL rather than a viewname?

So how does my AdminController ensure the redirect takes place to /admin/success/?

How does the BaseController method get a handle on the class level @requestMapping on my AdminController?

Is this possible?