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<h1 id="exception-interceptor">Exception Interceptor</h1>
<p>This interceptor forms the core functionality of the exception handling feature. Exception handling allows you to map
an exception to a result code, just as if the action returned a result code instead of throwing an unexpected exception.
When an exception is encountered, it is wrapped with an <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ExceptionHolder</code> and pushed on the stack, providing easy access
to the exception from within your result.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>Note: While you can configure exception mapping in your configuration file at any point, the configuration will not
have any effect if this interceptor is not in the interceptor stack for your actions. It is recommended that you make
this interceptor the first interceptor on the stack, ensuring that it has full access to catch any exception, even
those caused by other interceptors.</p>
</blockquote>
<h2 id="parameters">Parameters</h2>
<ul>
<li>
<table>
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<td><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">logEnabled</code> (optional) - should exceptions also be logged? (boolean true</td>
<td>false)</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">logLevel</code> (optional) - what log level should we use (<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">trace, debug, info, warn, error, fatal</code>)? - default is <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">debug</code></li>
<li><code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">logCategory</code> (optional) - if provided we would use this category (eg. <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">com.mycompany.app</code>). Default is to use
<code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">com.opensymphony.xwork2.interceptor.ExceptionMappingInterceptor</code>.</li>
</ul>
<p>The parameters above enables us to log all thrown exceptions with stacktrace in our own logfile, and present a friendly
webpage (with no stacktrace) to the end user.</p>
<h2 id="extending-the-interceptor">Extending the Interceptor</h2>
<p>If you want to add custom handling for publishing the Exception, you may override <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">#publishException(com.opensymphony.xwork2.ActionInvocation, ExceptionHolder)</code>.
The default implementation pushes the given <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">ExceptionHolder</code> on a value stack. A custom implementation could add additional
logging etc.</p>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="language-xml highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code> <span class="nt">&lt;struts&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;package</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"default"</span> <span class="na">extends=</span><span class="s">"xwork-default"</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;global-results&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"error"</span> <span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">"freemarker"</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>error.ftl<span class="nt">&lt;/result&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/global-results&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;global-exception-mappings&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;exception-mapping</span> <span class="na">exception=</span><span class="s">"java.lang.Exception"</span> <span class="na">result=</span><span class="s">"error"</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/global-exception-mappings&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;action</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"test"</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;interceptor-ref</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"exception"</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;interceptor-ref</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"basicStack"</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;exception-mapping</span> <span class="na">exception=</span><span class="s">"com.acme.CustomException"</span> <span class="na">result=</span><span class="s">"custom_error"</span><span class="nt">/&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"custom_error"</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>custom_error.ftl<span class="nt">&lt;/result&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;result</span> <span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"success"</span> <span class="na">type=</span><span class="s">"freemarker"</span><span class="nt">&gt;</span>test.ftl<span class="nt">&lt;/result&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/action&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/package&gt;</span>
<span class="nt">&lt;/struts&gt;</span>
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