diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
index 3b8cf7e39e..f05d242072 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/pom.xml
@@ -24,6 +24,14 @@
             <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat</groupId>
             <artifactId>jackson-dataformat-xml</artifactId>
         </dependency>
+         <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+            <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/error/RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/error/RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler.java
index fe0465156d..2e2672f510 100644
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/error/RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler.java
+++ b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/error/RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 package com.baeldung.web.error;
 
+import javax.persistence.EntityNotFoundException;
+
+import org.hibernate.exception.ConstraintViolationException;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
@@ -10,8 +16,6 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ExceptionHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.WebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ResponseEntityExceptionHandler;
 
-import com.baeldung.web.exception.MyDataAccessException;
-import com.baeldung.web.exception.MyDataIntegrityViolationException;
 import com.baeldung.web.exception.MyResourceNotFoundException;
 
 @ControllerAdvice
@@ -24,13 +28,15 @@ public class RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionH
     // API
 
     // 400
-    /*
-     *  Some examples of exceptions that we could retrieve as 400 (BAD_REQUEST) responses:
-     *  Hibernate's ConstraintViolationException
-     *  Spring's DataIntegrityViolationException
-     */
-    @ExceptionHandler({ MyDataIntegrityViolationException.class })
-    public ResponseEntity<Object> handleBadRequest(final MyDataIntegrityViolationException ex, final WebRequest request) {
+
+    @ExceptionHandler({ ConstraintViolationException.class })
+    public ResponseEntity<Object> handleBadRequest(final ConstraintViolationException ex, final WebRequest request) {
+        final String bodyOfResponse = "This should be application specific";
+        return handleExceptionInternal(ex, bodyOfResponse, new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, request);
+    }
+
+    @ExceptionHandler({ DataIntegrityViolationException.class })
+    public ResponseEntity<Object> handleBadRequest(final DataIntegrityViolationException ex, final WebRequest request) {
         final String bodyOfResponse = "This should be application specific";
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex, bodyOfResponse, new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST, request);
     }
@@ -50,23 +56,16 @@ public class RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionH
 
 
     // 404
-    /*
-     *  Some examples of exceptions that we could retrieve as 404 (NOT_FOUND) responses:
-     *  Java Persistence's EntityNotFoundException
-     */
-    @ExceptionHandler(value = { MyResourceNotFoundException.class })
+
+    @ExceptionHandler(value = { EntityNotFoundException.class, MyResourceNotFoundException.class })
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleNotFound(final RuntimeException ex, final WebRequest request) {
         final String bodyOfResponse = "This should be application specific";
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex, bodyOfResponse, new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND, request);
     }
 
     // 409
-    /*
-     *  Some examples of exceptions that we could retrieve as 409 (CONFLICT) responses:
-     *  Spring's InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException
-     *  Spring's DataAccessException
-     */
-    @ExceptionHandler({ MyDataAccessException.class})
+
+    @ExceptionHandler({ InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException.class, DataAccessException.class })
     protected ResponseEntity<Object> handleConflict(final RuntimeException ex, final WebRequest request) {
         final String bodyOfResponse = "This should be application specific";
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex, bodyOfResponse, new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.CONFLICT, request);
@@ -83,4 +82,4 @@ public class RestResponseEntityExceptionHandler extends ResponseEntityExceptionH
         return handleExceptionInternal(ex, bodyOfResponse, new HttpHeaders(), HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, request);
     }
 
-}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataAccessException.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataAccessException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fc9a3a0ea..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataAccessException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.web.exception;
-
-public final class MyDataAccessException extends RuntimeException {
-
-    public MyDataAccessException() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-    public MyDataAccessException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
-        super(message, cause);
-    }
-
-    public MyDataAccessException(final String message) {
-        super(message);
-    }
-
-    public MyDataAccessException(final Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause);
-    }
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataIntegrityViolationException.java b/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataIntegrityViolationException.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 50adb09c09..0000000000
--- a/spring-boot-rest/src/main/java/com/baeldung/web/exception/MyDataIntegrityViolationException.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package com.baeldung.web.exception;
-
-public final class MyDataIntegrityViolationException extends RuntimeException {
-
-    public MyDataIntegrityViolationException() {
-        super();
-    }
-
-    public MyDataIntegrityViolationException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
-        super(message, cause);
-    }
-
-    public MyDataIntegrityViolationException(final String message) {
-        super(message);
-    }
-
-    public MyDataIntegrityViolationException(final Throwable cause) {
-        super(cause);
-    }
-
-}