JerseyClient not throwing exception for 4xx and 5xx response

Question

I have a jersey client which calls an api whose return type is javax.ws.rs.core.Response as defined in the interface being used.

public Response getResponse(String id)

The response for a call has status as 'Server Error' but the client does not throw InternalServerException rather returns InboundJaxrsResponse.

On checking Jersey code I see that the JerseyInvocation class being used has the logic to check if response type is of javax.ws.rs.core.Response then to return an InboundJaxrsResponse object. How can I get an appropriate exception as per the response status here?

PS: RestEasy client also has a similar logic.

Answer 1

With presume that you use <T> T get(Class<T> responseType) to get integer from an HTTP response body, exception that can be thrown if response status is not 2xx is WebApplicationException .

In your case, the second requirement of API contract is not fulfilled

WebApplicationException - in case the response status code of the response returned by the server is not successful and the specified response type is not Response .