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Mapping error status codes to resources

From: Alexandru Popescu ☀ <the.mindstorm.mailinglist_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2010 15:33:11 +0300

Hi,

I was wondering if there is any way I can map error status codes to
special resources that are able to return a more useful/friendlier
responses?

Basically what I want to achieve is that for any resource returning
say a 404, I could intercept this and provide a better/friendlier
response. A good example would be to provide a better looking 404 page
for text/html requests.

I've read about the ExceptionMapper and this seems to be good for
dealing with exceptions, but not with statuses.

Am I looking in the right direction or are there better ways to deal with this?

many thanks in advance,

:- alex