Catching HTTP Error Responses

[Jenn Person]

Hi,

I wasn't sure which forum this was best suited for, so my apologies if this is the wrong place. I'm trying to catch HTTP Error Responses like 404, 500, etc using the error-page element in my deployment descriptor.

For example I have this in my web.xml file:

<error-page>
  <error-code>404</error-code>
  <location>/error.jsp</location>
</error-page>
  
<error-page>
  <error-code>500</error-code>
  <location>/error.jsp</location>
</error-page>

When I enter in a url like http://localhost:8080/myapp/nonsense, where nonsense doesn't exist, I get my browser's or container's response depending on the error code instead the error.jsp page I've prepared.

How can I properly catch these?
[ June 05, 2007: Message edited by: Jenn Person ]

[Chandra Bhatt]

Hi,

Be sure that you have explicitly defined the page directive:
<%@ page isErrorPage ="true"%> in the error page.

Configuring an error page in the DD is not just enough.

Thanks,
[ June 05, 2007: Message edited by: Chandra Bhatt ]

[Jenn Person]

Hi Chandra,

I tried adding <%@ page isErrorPage="true" %> to my error page, but it still isn't working. Is there anything else I'm missing beside this code and what I've already placed in my DD?

[Bear Bibeault]

Are you just trying this in IE? If so, see what happens in other browsers. IE is notorious for subtituting its own error pages for your own.

[Jenn Person]

Good point, I am actually! I'll try Firefox and see what I get. Thanks Bear.