javax.ws.rs
Class WebApplicationException

java.lang.Object
  java.lang.Throwable
      java.lang.Exception
          java.lang.RuntimeException
              javax.ws.rs.WebApplicationException

All Implemented Interfaces:

java.io.Serializable

public class WebApplicationException
extends java.lang.RuntimeException

Runtime exception for applications.

This exception may be thrown by a resource method, provider or StreamingOutput implementation if a specific HTTP error response needs to be produced. Only effective if thrown prior to the response being committed.

Author:

Paul.Sandoz@Sun.Com

See Also:

Serialized Form

Constructor Summary

WebApplicationException()
Construct a new instance with a blank message and default HTTP status code of 500

WebApplicationException(int status)
Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

WebApplicationException(Response.Status status)
Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

WebApplicationException(Response response)
Construct a new instance using the supplied response

WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause)
Construct a new instance with a blank message and default HTTP status code of 500

WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause, int status)
Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause, Response.Status status)
Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause, Response response)
Construct a new instance using the supplied response

Method Summary

Response

getResponse() Get the HTTP response.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Throwable

fillInStackTrace, getCause, getLocalizedMessage, getMessage, getStackTrace, initCause, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, printStackTrace, setStackTrace, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException()

Construct a new instance with a blank message and default HTTP status code of 500

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(Response response)

Construct a new instance using the supplied response

Parameters:

response - the response that will be returned to the client, a value of null will be replaced with an internal server error response (status code 500)

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(int status)

Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

Parameters:

status - the HTTP status code that will be returned to the client

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(Response.Status status)

Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

Parameters:

status - the HTTP status code that will be returned to the client

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if status is null

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause)

Construct a new instance with a blank message and default HTTP status code of 500

Parameters:

cause - the underlying cause of the exception

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause,
                               Response response)

Construct a new instance using the supplied response

Parameters:

response - the response that will be returned to the client, a value of null will be replaced with an internal server error response (status code 500)

cause - the underlying cause of the exception

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause,
                               int status)

Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

Parameters:

status - the HTTP status code that will be returned to the client

cause - the underlying cause of the exception

WebApplicationException

public WebApplicationException(java.lang.Throwable cause,
                               Response.Status status)

Construct a new instance with a blank message and specified HTTP status code

Parameters:

status - the HTTP status code that will be returned to the client

cause - the underlying cause of the exception

Throws:

java.lang.IllegalArgumentException - if status is null

Method Detail

getResponse

public Response getResponse()

Get the HTTP response.

Returns:

the HTTP response.