@@ -167,19 +167,29 @@ public interface WebMvcConfigurer {
167167 void extendMessageConverters (List <HttpMessageConverter <?>> converters );
168168
169169 /**
170- * Configure the {@link HandlerExceptionResolver}s to handle unresolved
171- * controller exceptions. If no resolvers are added to the list, default
172- * exception resolvers are added instead.
170+ * Configure exception resolvers.
171+ * <p>The given list starts out empty. If it is left empty, the framework
172+ * configures a default set of resolvers, see
173+ * {@link WebMvcConfigurationSupport#addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List)}.
174+ * Or if any exception resolvers are added to the list, then the application
175+ * effectively takes over and must provide, fully initialized, exception
176+ * resolvers.
177+ * <p>Alternatively you can use
178+ * {@link #extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List)} which allows you to extend
179+ * or modify the list of exception resolvers configured by default.
173180 * @param exceptionResolvers initially an empty list
181+ * @see #extendHandlerExceptionResolvers(List)
182+ * @see WebMvcConfigurationSupport#addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List)
174183 */
175184 void configureHandlerExceptionResolvers (List <HandlerExceptionResolver > exceptionResolvers );
176185
177186 /**
178- * A hook for extending or modifying the list of {@link HandlerExceptionResolver}s
179- * after it has been configured. This may be useful for example to allow default
180- * resolvers to be registered and then insert a custom one through this method .
187+ * Extending or modify the list of exception resolvers configured by default.
188+ * This can be useful for inserting a custom exception resolver without
189+ * interfering with default ones .
181190 * @param exceptionResolvers the list of configured resolvers to extend
182191 * @since 4.3
192+ * @see WebMvcConfigurationSupport#addDefaultHandlerExceptionResolvers(List)
183193 */
184194 void extendHandlerExceptionResolvers (List <HandlerExceptionResolver > exceptionResolvers );
185195
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