Problem Details for standard error format in Spring Boot - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

1fill in blank

easy

Complete the code to create a Problem Details response with a title.

Spring Boot

ProblemDetail problem = ProblemDetail.forStatus(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST);
problem.set[1]("Invalid input");

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AsetError

BsetMessage

CsetTitle

DsetDescription

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using setMessage instead of setTitle

Trying to set description instead of title

The setTitle method sets the title of the problem detail, which describes the error briefly.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to add a detailed error message to the ProblemDetail.

Spring Boot

problem.set[1]("The provided ID is not valid.");

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AsetInstance

BsetTitle

CsetStatus

DsetDetail

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Using setTitle instead of setDetail

Trying to set status instead of detail

The setDetail method adds a detailed explanation about the error.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in setting the HTTP status code for the ProblemDetail.

Spring Boot

problem.setStatus(HttpStatus.[1]);

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ABAD_REQUEST.value()

BBAD_REQUEST

C400

DNOT_FOUND

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Passing an integer status code instead of HttpStatus enum

Calling .value() method inside setStatus

The setStatus method expects an HttpStatus enum value, not an int or method call.

4fill in blank

hard

Fill both blanks to create a ProblemDetail with a custom type URI and instance URI.

Spring Boot

problem.set[1](URI.create("https://example.com/probs/invalid-input"));
problem.set[2](URI.create("/orders/1234"));

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AsetType

BsetTitle

CsetInstance

DsetDetail

Attempts:

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Common Mistakes

Mixing up setTitle and setType

Using setDetail instead of setInstance

setType sets a URI identifying the error type.
setInstance sets a URI identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.

5fill in blank

hard

Fill all three blanks to create a ProblemDetail with title, detail, and status.

Spring Boot

problem.set[1]("Unauthorized access");
problem.set[2]("You must log in to access this resource.");
problem.set[3](HttpStatus.UNAUTHORIZED);

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AsetTitle

BsetDetail

CsetStatus

DsetInstance

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Confusing setInstance with setStatus

Using setDetail for the title

setTitle sets the short error title.
setDetail sets the detailed message.
setStatus sets the HTTP status code.