I think I figured out that by returning null in action classes or throwing

ActionProcessingException can stop the service execution, then I can override the error handling code in @OnException method.

I am trying to send back a custom XML reply to the client code (if something goes wrong) which invoked my service on HttpGateway lets say

<response status="error">

     <errors>

          <error code="X0001">SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED</error>

     </errors>

</response>

anybody has sample code?

Thanks

Joe

is it possible to send custom XML response back to Http client in a method which is annotated with @OnException

I have a sample code in an action which throws one business exception, it executes the the method also but doesnt send the custom XML back. here is the code. All I see is exception stack trace which caused this methd to execute....

@OnException
public void error( Message msg )
{
if( log.isInfoEnabled())
{
  log.info("+++++++++++++++++++ In error() +++++++++++++ :: OUCH " + msg.getFault());
}

String error = "<fault code=\"111\" order_id=\"O1234567\"><cause desc=\"SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED\"/></fault>";
msg.getBody().add(error);

HttpResponse response = new HttpResponse(200);
//HttpResponse response = HttpResponse.getResponse(msg); // throws NPE
response.setContentType("text/xml");
response.setEncoding("UTF-8");
response.setResponse(msg);
}