DefaultResponseErrorHandler - setMessageConverters() not called via RestClient

[sparecycles]

The DefaultResponseErrorHandler's initBodyConvertFunction() is not directly usable in subclasses since the messageConverters are not set via the RestClient stack, (as it is when used with a RestTemplate).

Is making setMessageConverters protected instead of package-protected an option? (Extending this class to get the body convert function is useful for potentially deserializing error response bodies.)

[bclozel]

Sorry but this issue is not actionable at the moment. Rather than pointing at particular implementation details, can you explain what you are trying to achieve, the behavior your are expecting and what you are getting instead?

[sparecycles]

I'm trying to map errors into objects using the "native" stack,... integrating with as many stacks as possible.

I fully understand I might be reporting a "regression" in functionality between RestTemplate and RestClient that was never intended to be used by clients? (And I do have a workaround.)

Thanks for reading!

[bclozel]

Even if you subclass DefaultResponseErrorHandler and use that implementation in RestTemplate, message converters should be set there. If you are trying to use a DefaultResponseErrorHandler in RestClient, then I guess it won't work because message converters won't be set unless you are getting this error handler from RestTemplate?

I guess it would make sense to make that method protected anyway to align with other methods here.