Re: [Hawkular-dev] [metrics] Consistent error replies from REST API

Hello, Thanks for opening this issue again. I think we should follow a standard here. Let me just copy-paste from my last email (Thread "REST ideas"): Another REST issue we should agree on: The standard for error responses. I've found, that there are several standards we can follow (or create our own): http://stackoverflow.com/a/14538774/3252949 In my opinion it's fine to stick with the JSON API: http://jsonapi.org/format/#errors or stick with even simpler google style guide: https://google-styleguide.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/jsoncstyleguide.xml?sh... Viliam On Thu, 2015-03-05 at 18:32 +0100, Thomas Segismont wrote: > Hi, > > There's a growing portion of application code in the metrics REST API > which returns errors (with whichever HTTP status) in the following form: > > ==== > {"errorMsg": "blah"} > ==== > > Whether this format is nice or suitable is not the purpose of this > message. I just want to draw your attention to the fact that being > consistent regarding error reporting is important. > > In this regard, I've added a new ExceptionMapper for > org.jboss.resteasy.spi.ReaderException[2] instances. So now, not only > application errors conform to the format above, but also errors coming > from payload parsing. > > Regards, > Thomas > > [1] > http://docs.jboss.org/resteasy/docs/3.0.9.Final/userguide/html_single/#bu... > _______________________________________________ > hawkular-dev mailing list > hawkular-dev(a)lists.jboss.org > https://lists.jboss.org/mailman/listinfo/hawkular-dev