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[Jersey] Re: Exceptions not being thrown when using JerseyTest

From: Vetle Leinonen-Roeim <vetle_at_roeim.net>
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2014 13:26:53 +0100

Hi,

What test container factory are you using? Is there a difference if you
another test container factory?

Regards,
Vetle

On 24.03.14 22:26, Erik Holstad wrote:
> I have a servlet that looks something like:
>
> @POST
> @Path("")
> @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_FORM_URLENCODED)
> @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
> public Response createUser(@FormParam(Params.NAME)
> RequiredString name) {
>
> name.toString();
>
> return Response.ok().build();
> }
>
>
> Where RequiredString validates the input and throws a
> WebApplicationException if it fails.
>
> This works fine when I deploy the code to a server or even when I use the
> maven-jetty-plugin to run integration tests.
>
> The problem occurs when I run this using the JerseyTest class. Everything
> is fine when I pass in valid data into name, but as soon as I pass in empty
> string or null I get a NPE from the toString() method on the name variable
> instead of the WebApplicationException I would expect.
>
>
> When stepping through the code I see it going in to the code where the
> exception is being thrown, but it looks like it just fails silently and
> just continues the execution.
>
> Thoughts?
>