Spring: Generate new csrf token programmatically

I'm trying to make a webapp that will run on a single HTML page that will allow users to interact with the server through JavaScript and ajax. I'd like to make my requests safe against csrf attacks by including a csrf token in each request.

Because my webapp will only be operating on a single page, I can't use the ${_csrf.token} (or something like that) syntax in the view because the view is going to be a json object. Instead I'd like to have a url like "/security/csrf" that returns a token associated with the user's session. (Yes, this won't be a restful service exactly.)

Is there some way for me to generate a csrf token that Spring Security will be able to access when verifying a log-in? And additionally, is there a flaw in using csrf tokens in this way?