Hi, I am working on Rest interface migration (to Apache CXF) and analysing exception propagation from service to client. Actually SyncopeClientCompositeErrorException is sent using:
a) ExceptionType HTTP header containing exception type (enumeration SyncopeClientExceptionType) b) <ExceptionType>.element HTTP header as list of strings for error details (that are used to fill SyncopeClientException.elements) I find that fine at the moment, as far as details information is only simple and short list of strings. Potentially it is possible to have more complex and long structures in exception details. Therefore the question is does it make sense to use HTTP header only for ExceptionType and send details in HTTP body? It means that we will change network protocol between client and service, not sure how critical it is for existing Syncope users. There are 2 alternatives: a) leave the propagation as it is: send type and details in HTTP headers. In the future additional information exceptional still can be sent with HTTP body. b) send only ExceptionType in HTTP header and details element in HTTP body. Do you have any preferences for (a) and (b) or there are other alternatives? Regards, Andrei.
