diff --git a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/ItemController.java b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/ItemController.java
index cfde4b23b1..f3e3738bfe 100644
--- a/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/ItemController.java
+++ b/spring-rest/src/main/java/org/baeldung/web/controller/ItemController.java
@@ -14,20 +14,26 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonView;
 @RestController
 public class ItemController {
 
-    @JsonView(Views.Public.class)
-    @RequestMapping("/items/{id}")
-    public Item getItemPublic(@PathVariable final int id) {
-        return ItemManager.getById(id);
-    }
+	@JsonView(Views.Public.class)
+	@RequestMapping("/items/{id}")
+	public Item getItemPublic(@PathVariable final int id) {
+		return ItemManager.getById(id);
+	}
 
-    @JsonView(Views.Internal.class)
-    @RequestMapping("/items/internal/{id}")
-    public Item getItemInternal(@PathVariable final int id) {
-        return ItemManager.getById(id);
-    }
+	@JsonView(Views.Internal.class)
+	@RequestMapping("/items/internal/{id}")
+	public Item getItemInternal(@PathVariable final int id) {
+		return ItemManager.getById(id);
+	}
 
-    @RequestMapping("/date")
-    public Date getCurrentDate() {
-        return new Date();
-    }
+	@RequestMapping("/date")
+	public Date getCurrentDate() throws Exception {
+		return new Date();
+	}
+
+	@RequestMapping("/delay/{seconds}")
+	public void getCurrentTime(@PathVariable final int seconds) throws Exception {
+
+		Thread.sleep(seconds * 1000);
+	}
 }
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