spring-projects/spring-boot · error · ReportableException

Failed to ${description} from service at '${url}' (${ex.getM

Error message

Failed to ${description} from service at '${url}' (${ex.getMessage()})

What it means

Error "Failed to ${description} from service at '${url}' (${ex.getMessage()})" thrown in spring-projects/spring-boot.

Source

Thrown at cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitializrService.java:192

	/**
	 * Retrieves the meta-data of the service at the specified URL.
	 * @param url the URL
	 * @return the response
	 */
	private ClassicHttpResponse executeInitializrMetadataRetrieval(String url) {
		HttpGet request = new HttpGet(url);
		request.setHeader(new BasicHeader(HttpHeaders.ACCEPT, ACCEPT_META_DATA));
		return execute(request, URI.create(url), "retrieve metadata");
	}

	private ClassicHttpResponse execute(HttpUriRequest request, URI url, String description) {
		try {
			HttpHost host = HttpHost.create(url);
			request.addHeader("User-Agent", "SpringBootCli/" + getClass().getPackage().getImplementationVersion());
			return getHttp().executeOpen(host, request, null);
		}
		catch (IOException ex) {
			throw new ReportableException(
					"Failed to " + description + " from service at '" + url + "' (" + ex.getMessage() + ")");
		}
	}

	private ReportableException createException(String url, ClassicHttpResponse httpResponse) {
		StatusLine statusLine = new StatusLine(httpResponse);
		String message = "Initializr service call failed using '" + url + "' - service returned "
				+ statusLine.getReasonPhrase();
		String error = extractMessage(httpResponse.getEntity());
		if (StringUtils.hasText(error)) {
			message += ": '" + error + "'";
		}
		else {
			int statusCode = statusLine.getStatusCode();
			message += " (unexpected " + statusCode + " error)";
		}
		throw new ReportableException(message);
	}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at cli/spring-boot-cli/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/cli/command/init/InitializrService.java:192 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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