Returning custom status and code on java rest api

Question

I am looking for a way to have a custom status and error code that is outside the usual http range of error code. Something like this:

return javax.ws.rs.core.Response.status(8001).entity("Error replacing document").build();

I get: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Illegal status value: 8001

Any pointers on how to accomplish this?

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:09:45Z

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Allowed status codes in Response.status() are 100..599:

public ResponseBuilder status(int s) {
    if (s < 100 || s > 599) {
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("Illegal status value : " + s);
    }
    ...

The list of defined status codes in HTTP: https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html. Every status code has its meaning and use.

I guess this is a duplicate for Can we create custom HTTP Status codes?

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2 Comments

Sathish Kumar Over a year ago

In tomcat,any error code works. apache cxf running in karaf container is facing this issue!

radoh Over a year ago

@SathishKumar The point is, codes outside of the 100..599 are not in HTTP spec, many consider them illegal and it's against good practice.

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