ExceptionHandler invokes but doesn't affect http response

Question

I have the following method:

    @ExceptionHandler(InvalidPriceUpdateException.class)
    @ResponseStatus(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST)
    public String handleInvalidPriceUpdateException(InvalidPriceUpdateException e) throws JsonProcessingException {
        return objectMapper.writeValueAsString(new HttpErrorDTO(e.getMessage()));
    }

I see(in debug) that it invokes but in browser I see 500 error(instead of HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST). and content of http response contains exception info(instead of HttpErrorDTO structure).

What wrong in my code?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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It's because you are returning a String, where you should really be building the entire ResponseEntity. Have a read here on what that means and how to build one for example.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:10

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answered May 02 '17 at 17:00

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