Hello gentleman! My impression was that when implementing ExceptionMapper that the mapper of the nearest superclass of an exception would be used if an exact exceptionmapper match to the exception didnt exist.
For example if I created a FooException which extended BarException I would only have to create a BarExceptionMapper to catch and map both types of exceptions; the BarExceptionMapper would be used when a FooException was thrown. The red hat docs seem to reinforce this opinion: - When any exception other than a WebApplicationException exception, or one of its subclasses, is thrown, the runtime will check for an appropriate exception mapper. An exception mapper is selected if it handles the specific exception thrown. If there is not an exception mapper for the specific exception that was thrown, the exception mapper for the nearest superclass of the exception is selected. https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_JBoss_Fuse/6.1/html/Apache_CXF_Development_Guide/files/RESTExceptionMapper.html The reality is different for us however. In fact, if we create a custom WebApplicationExceptionMapper ClientErrorExceptions are not caught by the mapper. CXF seems to default to attempt to use whichever Mapper is the first one we registered (e.g. if we defined a FooExceptionMapper and registered it, CXF would attempt to use that and throw an error rather than try to use the WebApplicationExceptionMapper). Can someone tell me what the expected behavior is? Is my question clear? We are using CXF version 2.7.11. Thanks! Mike
