From b67da6c3f8a15db20ae2ecb3171460916f2f69d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjen Poutsma <apoutsma@vmware.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 08:50:45 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Granting Keith's wish

---
 .../java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java    |  2 +-
 .../org/springframework/http/ResponseEntity.java     | 12 ++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
index edbec742481..20187c10442 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/HttpEntity.java
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ public class HttpEntity<T> {
 	/**
 	 * Create a new, empty {@code HttpEntity}.
 	 */
-	private HttpEntity() {
+	protected HttpEntity() {
 		this(null, null);
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/ResponseEntity.java b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/ResponseEntity.java
index 490cf87dca3..45f6e27bb4a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/ResponseEntity.java
+++ b/org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/ResponseEntity.java
@@ -28,8 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
  * MediaType contentType = entity.getHeaders().getContentType();
  * HttpStatus statusCode = entity.getStatusCode();
  * </pre>
- * Can also be used in Spring MVC, as a return value from a @Controller method:
- * <p>Can be used in Spring MVC, as a return value from a @Controller method:
+ * <p>Can also be used in Spring MVC, as a return value from a @Controller method:
  * <pre class="code">
  * &#64;RequestMapping("/handle")
  * public ResponseEntity&lt;String&gt; handle() {
@@ -47,6 +46,15 @@ public class ResponseEntity<T> extends HttpEntity<T> {
 
 	private final HttpStatus statusCode;
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code ResponseEntity} with the given status code, and no body nor headers.
+	 * @param statusCode the status code
+	 */
+	public ResponseEntity(HttpStatus statusCode) {
+		super();
+		this.statusCode = statusCode;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@code ResponseEntity} with the given body and status code, and no headers.
 	 * @param body the entity body