I guess there is an error in the ProviderFactory of jaxrs component. --------------------------------------------------------------------
Key: CXF-1727 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CXF-1727 Project: CXF Issue Type: Bug Components: REST Affects Versions: 2.1.2 Environment: Windowx XP, Apache Tomcat and i used spring configuration Reporter: Frank Ittermann I thin in the method createExceptionMapper of the org.apache.cxf.jaxrs.provider.ProviderFactory class is an error. The following code block is wrong i guess: if (exceptionType.isAssignableFrom((Class<?>)args[i])) { InjectionUtils.injectContextFields(em.getProvider(), em, m); InjectionUtils.injectContextMethods(em.getProvider(), em, m); return em.getProvider(); } The if doesn't work correctly. I wrote a ExceptionMapper<Exception> for the general Exception class. And i tested this ExceptionMapper with a throw of a IOException and it was not called. So I decided to debug the ExceptionMapper staff and i found that the if in the code block a above is false. So i wrote a little test to understand this. System.out.println(IOException.class.isAssignableFrom(Exception.class)); System.out.println(Exception.class.isAssignableFrom(IOException.class)); The first line of code is what your if does and if you check this you will see it returns false. But Exception is the super class of IOException how could it possible. The answer is easy because the isAssignableFrom method check if the passed class parameter is the same or a child of the class on which isAssignableForm was called. So The bug fix will be the second line they return true. Please change the wrong code block the right order of parameter will be if (((Class<?>)args[i]).isAssignableFrom(exceptionType)) Thank for your attention -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.