[undertow-dev] response-code handler bypasses configured error pages

[Stuart Douglas]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 10:34, Brad Wood <bdw429s at gmail.com> wrote:

> Before I give that workaround a try, a couple existential questions...
>
>    - Should the *response-code* handler also set the *errorCode* as well
>    in the servlet request context so it triggers the doErrorDispatch() action?
>    - Or should there be another built-in handler called "send-error" or
>    similar that does this.
>
> Ex:
> path( /secret.json ) -> send-error ( 404 )
> path( /admin/ ) -> send-error( 503 )
>
> I'm sort of questioning what the usefulness is of the *response-code*
> handler however (at least in the context of the predicate language) if it's
> default behavior is NOT to trigger the error code and therefore the error
> page.
>

These error pages are part of Servlet, while the predicate language is part
of core. The response-code handler does not really know anything about the
Servlet deployment.

Generally the predicate language is run before Servlet (e.g. in WildFly),
so the HttpServletRequest/Response has not been created yet. This gives a
lot of flexibility in that you can make changes to route the request to
different contexts and potentially skip servlet altogether, but the down
side is that it is not tightly integrated with Servlet.

Stuart


>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Brad
>
> *Developer Advocate*
> *Ortus Solutions, Corp *
>
> E-mail: brad at coldbox.org
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>
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 7:01 PM Stuart Douglas <sdouglas at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> Hmm, this is because the servlet status code is only triggered by a
>> sendError method, not by just setting the code.
>>
>> You probably need to write a custom one that looks like this (plus the
>> relevant predicate languge bits):
>>
>> public class SendErrorHandler implements HttpHandler {
>>
>>     private final int code;
>>
>>     public SendErrorHandler(int code) {
>>         this.code = code;
>>     }
>>
>>     @Override
>>     public void handleRequest(HttpServerExchange exchange) throws
>> Exception {
>>         ServletRequestContext src =
>> exchange.getAttachment(ServletRequestContext.ATTACHMENT_KEY);
>>         ((HttpServletResponse)src.getServletResponse()).sendError(code);
>>     }
>> }
>>
>> Stuart
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 09:40, Brad Wood <bdw429s at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks for the reply Stuart.  I've tried this with no success, but
>>> perhaps I'm doing it wrong.
>>>
>>> List<PredicatedHandler> ph =
>>> PredicatedHandlersParser.parse(predicatesLines, _classLoader);
>>> servletBuilder.addOuterHandlerChainWrapper(next ->
>>> Handlers.predicates(ph,next));
>>>
>>> When the response-code handler fires, I still get no response body.
>>>
>>> On a related note, when I move the predicates into an outer handler
>>> chain wrapper, my default response listener also doesn't fire at all.
>>>
>>> On an unrelated train of thought, I've been trying to see if I can get
>>> the default response listener to automatically dispatch the correct error
>>> page, but that hasn't been going well either.  If I don't use the outer
>>> handler chain idea, but try to capture the empty response in a default
>>> response listener, I can return a static message using the Sender class
>>>
>>> Sender sender = exchange.getResponseSender();
>>> sender.send(errorHTMLString);
>>>
>>> But if I try to run something this in my default response listener to
>>> invoke my error pages
>>>
>>> ServletRequestContext src =
>>> exchange.getAttachment(ServletRequestContext.ATTACHMENT_KEY);
>>> HttpServletResponseImpl response = src.getOriginalResponse();
>>> response.doErrorDispatch( exchange.getStatusCode(),
>>> exchange.getReasonPhrase() );
>>>
>>> Then it's as though nothing happens and I still get an empty response.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> ~Brad
>>>
>>> *Developer Advocate*
>>> *Ortus Solutions, Corp *
>>>
>>> E-mail: brad at coldbox.org
>>> ColdBox Platform: http://www.coldbox.org
>>> Blog: http://www.codersrevolution.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 2, 2020 at 6:17 PM Stuart Douglas <sdouglas at redhat.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The predicate languages are executed before the Servler handlers, so
>>>> they won't be handled by Servlet error pages.
>>>>
>>>> If you are setting this all up programmatically you could use
>>>> io.undertow.servlet.api.DeploymentInfo#addOuterHandlerChainWrapper to setup
>>>> the predicate handler after the initial servlet one, which should mean that
>>>> the servlet error handling will handle the response code.
>>>>
>>>> Stuart
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 3 Jul 2020 at 08:25, Brad Wood <bdw429s at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> When I configure an error page similar to this:
>>>>>
>>>>> servletBuilder.addErrorPage( new ErrorPage( "404.html", 404));
>>>>>
>>>>> This works great when I hit a path in my browser that doesn't exist.
>>>>> The contents of the *404.html* file is served with a response code of
>>>>> *404*.
>>>>>
>>>>> However, if I also use the predicate language to define something like:
>>>>>
>>>>> path(/box.json)->response-code(404)
>>>>>
>>>>> and then I hit *localhost/box.json* in my browser, I get a *404*
>>>>> status code but with no response body.
>>>>>
>>>>>    - The docs say the response-code handler ends the exchange, but
>>>>>    should it still respect the error pages?
>>>>>    - How can I modify my use of Undertow to respect the error pages
>>>>>    when using the response-code handler?
>>>>>    - I've seen in the docs the ability to have a
>>>>>    *addDefaultResponseListener()* but I'm not sure if it is the
>>>>>    correct solution for this, nor how I would access the error page
>>>>>    configuration dynamically as to not need to duplicate my work.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>
>>>>> ~Brad
>>>>>
>>>>> *Developer Advocate*
>>>>> *Ortus Solutions, Corp *
>>>>>
>>>>> E-mail: brad at coldbox.org
>>>>> ColdBox Platform: http://www.coldbox.org
>>>>> Blog: http://www.codersrevolution.com
>>>>>
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