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Discover how to effectively map errors to responses in Spring WebClient for `HEAD` requests, ensuring optimized and clear exception handling.
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Handling HEAD Requests in Spring WebClient: Error Mapping Made Easy

In the world of HTTP communications, HEAD requests are utilized to retrieve the headers of a resource without requiring the body content. This is often useful for checking if a resource exists or retrieving metadata. However, handling responses properly, especially in the context of Spring's WebClient, can present some challenges.

The Problem: Mapping Errors in HEAD Requests

You may want to implement a HEAD endpoint in your Spring application that processes responses based on their HTTP status codes. Specifically, you want to return:

true for successful responses (2xx status codes)

false if the resource was not found (404 status code)

Throw different exceptions for all other status codes

Here's the initial challenge you face: while you have a method to handle errors, you need to ensure you capture exceptions appropriately when dealing with the responses from WebClient.

The Original Approach

Your original code snippet looks like this:

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The Solution: Improving Error Handling

To streamline your error handling, you can enhance your function by throwing an exception after checking the status codes when they do not meet your criteria. By using response.createException(), you can effectively turn the HTTP status into a throwable error that can be processed by your onErrorMap method.

Here's the revised code:

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Breakdown of the Solution

Success Handling: If the response status is a 2xx code, you simply return true.

Not Found Handling: For a 404 status code, you return false.

Throwing Exceptions for Other Cases:

If the response is neither 2xx nor a 404, you create an exception using response.createException().

This converts the response into an error that can be handled in the onErrorMap.

Error Mapping with mapErrorFunction: The existing error mapping remains intact, allowing for centralized and coherent exception handling.

Conclusion

Effective error handling in Spring WebClient, especially for HEAD requests, is crucial for maintaining robust and reliable applications. By leveraging the capabilities of response.createException() and updating your implementation, you can manage different HTTP responses gracefully. Now, your HEAD endpoint can handle status codes intelligently and improve the overall user experience in your application.

Feel free to test the solution provided and adapt it to your needs. Happy coding!