From 0ef8af4798222eccfa69d3e3a0c339b170e6d072 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rossen Stoyanchev <rstoyanchev@pivotal.io>
Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2015 17:16:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Use .setStatus in ResponseStatusExceptionResolver

Before this change ResponseStatusExceptionResolver always used
.sendError despite the javadoc on @ResponseStatus#code. This was
perhaps justifiable from a HandlerExceptionResolver. Nevertheless
.setStatus should be more REST API friendly while still marking
the response as an error.

Issue: SPR-11193
---
 .../servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
index 674c03942f..d854fc4288 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/annotation/ResponseStatusExceptionResolver.java
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class ResponseStatusExceptionResolver extends AbstractHandlerExceptionRes
 			reason = this.messageSource.getMessage(reason, null, reason, LocaleContextHolder.getLocale());
 		}
 		if (!StringUtils.hasLength(reason)) {
-			response.sendError(statusCode);
+			response.setStatus(statusCode);
 		}
 		else {
 			response.sendError(statusCode, reason);