Hello Mike,
you should be able to implement ExceptionMapper for
WebApplicationException (which is thrown in this case) and construct
your response.
Regards,
Pavel
On 1/24/12 8:58 PM, Mike Summers wrote:
> I'm writing a test server that needs to emulate a 3rd party RESTful
> server, I'm using Jersey to write the test server.
>
> All of the requests are POST with application/xml payloads so I
> started off with:
>
> @Path("GetUserDetails")
> @POST
> @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
> public GetUserDetailsResp GetUserDetails(GetUserDetailsReq
> request) {
> ...
> }
>
> Jersey happily returns 400 when the XML is badly formatted
> (GetUserDetailsReq is a JAXB object), which is not what I need. Rather
> I need to return 200 and an XML error block.
>
> I can get around the 400 by unmarshaling in the method and using an
> @Provider/ExceptionMapper class, but that's clunky. Is there
> a declarative way to specify to Jersey an alternative to returning the
> 400? Maybe a variant on @Provider/ExceptionMapper?
>
> TIA.