Setting response.setStatus

Question

Dear Sirs,
How can I set the HTTP 1.1 Status Code, for example, for 413 ( Request Entity Too Large ) and then use it on the site.
Thank you

Answer 1

Sharif wrote:
Dear nclow,
Thanks a lot for your reply.
I understand how to set it but how will I use it after I have set. For example something like
if
response.setStatus(HttpServletResponse.SC_REQUEST_ENTITY_TOO_LARGE ) (may be if it is larger than say 100 character)
then redirect to, say for example, tooLargeError.jsp.
How will I do that please
Thank youYour question makes no sense. The status code is a string sent in the headers of the response back to the client who made the request. Your code is generating the response. setStatus returns null. You cannot test the result of this because all you are doing is setting something.
If you want to send a 413 code and a response that contains a pretty error message along with it, then YOU have to decide when a 413 is appropriate. Once you have determined in the code that you want to do this, you can set the header to 413, generate that error message however you want (e.g. hard-coded html, calling a method that returns an appropriate html response, calling another servlet, forwarding the processing jsp:forward, etc.) and return the response as normal.
A better description of why you're sending a 413, when you would want to send it, and what you want to happen would elicit a better answer.