Upon further (re)search it looks like most of the posters talking
about a similar solution are solving it by using exceptions and
ExceptionMapper.
Probably because I hate programming through exception, I've thought
about a different approach based on container response filters.
Basically, using a special container response filter would allow me to
customize both the Response and the Entity according to the app needs.
Is this the right direction?
:- alex
2010/7/30 Alexandru Popescu ☀ <the.mindstorm.mailinglist_at_gmail.com>:
> 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
>