feign.codec

Interface ErrorDecoder

All Known Implementing Classes:

ErrorDecoder.Default

public interface ErrorDecoder

Allows you to massage an exception into a application-specific one. Converting out to a throttle exception are examples of this in use.
Ex.

 class IllegalArgumentExceptionOn404Decoder extends ErrorDecoder {

   @Override
   public Exception decode(String methodKey, Response response) {
    if (response.status() == 404)
        throw new IllegalArgumentException("zone not found");
    return ErrorDecoder.DEFAULT.decode(methodKey, request, response);
   }

 }
 

Error handling

Responses where Response.status() is not in the 2xx range are classified as errors, addressed by the ErrorDecoder. That said, certain RPC apis return errors defined in the Response.body() even on a 200 status. For example, in the DynECT api, a job still running condition is returned with a 200 status, encoded in json. When scenarios like this occur, you should raise an application-specific exception (which may be retryable).

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	ErrorDecoder.Default
static class	ErrorDecoder.RetryAfterDecoder Decodes a Util.RETRY_AFTER header into an absolute date, if possible.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.Exception	decode(java.lang.String methodKey, Response response) Implement this method in order to decode an HTTP Response when Response.status() is not in the 2xx range.

Method Detail

decode

java.lang.Exception decode(java.lang.String methodKey,
                         Response response)

Implement this method in order to decode an HTTP Response when Response.status() is not in the 2xx range. Please raise application-specific exceptions where possible. If your exception is retryable, wrap or subclass RetryableException

Parameters:

methodKey - Feign.configKey(java.lang.Class, java.lang.reflect.Method) of the java method that invoked the request. ex. IAM#getUser()

response - HTTP response where status is greater than or equal to 300.

Returns:

Exception IOException, if there was a network error reading the response or an application-specific exception decoded by the implementation. If the throwable is retryable, it should be wrapped, or a subtype of RetryableException