Hi Paul, Once you start writing the HTTP response entity (PDF here), it is too late to change the response status and headers...
In your case, couldn't you detect the potential error immediately when handling the getMethod() directly instead (or in addition) to doing it inside the inner class? Thanks, Jerome -- http://restlet.com http://twitter.com/#!/jlouvel 2013/1/24 Paul Morris <[email protected]> > I accidentally posted a question to the GitHub issue list. Sorry Restlet > team. I closed it. Here is my question to the mailing list… > > I've come across a situation where the default behavior of the > StatusService is not kicking in. I think it probably has to do with a > combination of using an anonymous inner class and Variants but I'm not > sure. Hopefully I can get a hint or two as to a better design pattern so > that I don't end up hacking a solution... > > Let's say I have a ServerResource with only one GET that returns a PDF. > When it fails I want the vanilla Restlet HTML error pages to be returned to > the client via the StatusService but the way the code is set up below the > browser expects a PDF and so the HTML error pages don't come back nor does > the actual error status code (401, 500, etc.) come back to the client > whenever there is an exception. > > @Get("pdf") > public Representation getMethod() { > Representation representation = null; > representation = new OutputRepresentation(MediaType.APPLICATION_PDF) { > @Override > public void write(OutputStream os) { > try { > //Call a ClientResource that can throw a > ResourceException back to us. > //Use the returned data to write my PDF. > } catch (ResourceException e) { > setStatus(e.getStatus(), e.getMessage()); > LOGGER.error(getStatus().toString()); //This > shows the error status but the client gets a 200 back with an empty > application/pdf "envelope" > } catch (IOException e) { > setStatus(Status.SERVER_ERROR_INTERNAL, > e.getMessage()); > } > } > }; > return representation; > } > > Paul Morris, Software Developer > Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group<http://www.nmpg.com> > 773.469.4330 | 312.926.6674 | [email protected] > [cid:28D3237A-4BA3-4098-9CF0-EB776799E47D] > > This message and any included attachments are intended only for the > addressee. The information contained in this message is confidential and > may constitute proprietary or non-public information under international, > federal, or state laws. Unauthorized forwarding, printing, copying, > distribution, or use of such information is strictly prohibited and may be > unlawful. If you are not the addressee, please promptly delete this message > and notify the sender of the delivery error by e-mail. > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=3045797 ------------------------------------------------------ http://restlet.tigris.org/ds/viewMessage.do?dsForumId=4447&dsMessageId=3047899
