Internal Exception Page in LiveSite

mlerman

Hi folks,

My team's making a Teamsite 6.7.2 / LiveSite 3.1.0 based web site/application that has some fairly heavy Java that backs the external components. What we're trying to do is create an "Internal Error Page" so that whenever one of my Java Externals throws an Exception, I get directed to an "Internal Server Error" page.

In struts-based applications I've written before, I was able to do this fairly easily. Is there a way I can do this without adding Controllers to every page/component I write?

Thanks!

Stokes

I don't have any concrete experience doing that, but it sounds cool so I'm interested in the answers from others. Just some thoughts from the hip:

Is it acceptable to have a common parent class for all your Java externals? If so you might use a template method pattern in a way that lets you catch all exceptions from the parent class and handle/package them.

Regarding your controller, could you add a post-Controller to your site to avoid having to do anything on each page? I think you can edit your .site and add one and it will get called for every page in the site without having to modify the page.

Also, I know the .site can be configured with an error page. I don't know exactly what triggers this page to be rendered and what context it has available when it renders, but it might already do what you need. Have you tried this approach and found it lacking?

Stokes.