diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/AsyncRequestTimeoutException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/AsyncRequestTimeoutException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f079caf53b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/AsyncRequestTimeoutException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.web.context.request.async;
+
+/**
+ * Exception to be thrown when an async request times out.
+ * Alternatively an applications can register a
+ * {@link DeferredResultProcessingInterceptor} or a
+ * {@link CallableProcessingInterceptor} to handle the timeout through
+ * the MVC Java config or the MVC XML namespace or directly through properties
+ * of the {@code RequestMappingHandlerAdapter}.
+ *
+ *
By default the exception will be handled as a 503 error.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 4.2.8
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class AsyncRequestTimeoutException extends Exception {
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor.java
index a336d64513f..c26e476bb9d 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -24,7 +24,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
/**
* Sends a 503 (SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE) in case of a timeout if the response is not
- * already committed. Registered at the end, after all other interceptors and
+ * already committed. As of 4.2.8 this is done indirectly by setting the result
+ * to an {@link AsyncRequestTimeoutException} which is then handled by
+ * Spring MVC's default exception handling as a 503 error.
+ *
+ *
Registered at the end, after all other interceptors and
* therefore invoked only if no other interceptor handles the timeout.
*
*
Note that according to RFC 7231, a 503 without a 'Retry-After' header is
@@ -39,11 +43,7 @@ public class TimeoutCallableProcessingInterceptor extends CallableProcessingInte
@Override
public Object handleTimeout(NativeWebRequest request, Callable task) throws Exception {
- HttpServletResponse servletResponse = request.getNativeResponse(HttpServletResponse.class);
- if (!servletResponse.isCommitted()) {
- servletResponse.sendError(HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE.value());
- }
- return CallableProcessingInterceptor.RESPONSE_HANDLED;
+ return new AsyncRequestTimeoutException();
}
}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutDeferredResultProcessingInterceptor.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutDeferredResultProcessingInterceptor.java
index 5cb855d9497..80d1172fa51 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutDeferredResultProcessingInterceptor.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/context/request/async/TimeoutDeferredResultProcessingInterceptor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
/*
- * Copyright 2002-2015 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2016 the original author or authors.
*
* Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
* you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
package org.springframework.web.context.request.async;
-import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
-
-import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
/**
* Sends a 503 (SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE) in case of a timeout if the response is not
- * already committed. Registered at the end, after all other interceptors and
+ * already committed. As of 4.2.8 this is done indirectly by returning
+ * {@link AsyncRequestTimeoutException} as the result of processing which is
+ * then handled by Spring MVC's default exception handling as a 503 error.
+ *
+ *
Registered at the end, after all other interceptors and
* therefore invoked only if no other interceptor handles the timeout.
*
*