MAPREDUCE-3553. Add support for data returned when exceptions thrown from web service apis to be in either xml or in JSON. (Thomas Graves via mahadev) - Merging r1230330 from trunk.

git-svn-id: https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/hadoop/common/branches/branch-0.23@1230333 13f79535-47bb-0310-9956-ffa450edef68

hadoop-mapreduce-project/CHANGES.txt

@@ -112,6 +112,9 @@ Release 0.23.1 - Unreleased
     Improved the earlier patch to not to JobHistoryServer repeatedly.
     (Anupam Seth via vinodkv)
 
+    MAPREDUCE-3553. Add support for data returned when exceptions thrown from web 
+    service apis to be in either xml or in JSON. (Thomas Graves via mahadev)
+
   OPTIMIZATIONS
 
     MAPREDUCE-3567. Extraneous JobConf objects in AM heap. (Vinod Kumar

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/webapp/JAXBContextResolver.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.dao.TaskCounterGroupInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.dao.TaskCounterInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.dao.TaskInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.app.webapp.dao.TasksInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.RemoteExceptionData;
 
 @Singleton
 @Provider
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ public class JAXBContextResolver implements ContextResolver<JAXBContext> {
     JobCounterInfo.class, TaskCounterInfo.class, CounterGroupInfo.class,
     JobInfo.class, JobsInfo.class, ReduceTaskAttemptInfo.class,
     TaskAttemptInfo.class, TaskInfo.class, TasksInfo.class,
-    TaskAttemptsInfo.class, ConfEntryInfo.class};
+    TaskAttemptsInfo.class, ConfEntryInfo.class, RemoteExceptionData.class};
 
   public JAXBContextResolver() throws Exception {
     this.types = new HashSet<Class>(Arrays.asList(cTypes));

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-app/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/app/webapp/TestAMWebServicesJobs.java

@@ -345,6 +345,29 @@ public class TestAMWebServicesJobs extends JerseyTest {
   public void testJobIdInvalid() throws JSONException, Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();
 
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("mapreduce").path("jobs").path("job_foo")
+          .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid uri");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
+      JSONObject msg = response.getEntity(JSONObject.class);
+      JSONObject exception = msg.getJSONObject("RemoteException");
+      assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 3, exception.length());
+      String message = exception.getString("message");
+      String type = exception.getString("exception");
+      String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // verify the exception output default is JSON
+  @Test
+  public void testJobIdInvalidDefault() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+
     try {
       r.path("ws").path("v1").path("mapreduce").path("jobs").path("job_foo")
           .get(JSONObject.class);
@@ -359,15 +382,49 @@ public class TestAMWebServicesJobs extends JerseyTest {
       String message = exception.getString("message");
       String type = exception.getString("exception");
       String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception message",
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
-          "For input string: \"foo\"", message);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
-          "NumberFormatException", type);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
-          "java.lang.NumberFormatException", classname);
     }
   }
 
+  // test that the exception output works in XML
+  @Test
+  public void testJobIdInvalidXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("mapreduce").path("jobs").path("job_foo")
+          .accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML).get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid uri");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE, response.getType());
+      String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
+      System.out.println(msg);
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+      InputSource is = new InputSource();
+      is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
+      Document dom = db.parse(is);
+      NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("RemoteException");
+      Element element = (Element) nodes.item(0);
+      String message = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "message");
+      String type = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "exception");
+      String classname = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element,
+          "javaClassName");
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void verifyJobIdInvalid(String message, String type, String classname) {
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception message",
+        "For input string: \"foo\"", message);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
+        "NumberFormatException", type);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
+        "java.lang.NumberFormatException", classname);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testJobIdInvalidBogus() throws JSONException, Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/webapp/JAXBContextResolver.java

@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.webapp.dao.AMAttemptsInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.webapp.dao.HistoryInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.webapp.dao.JobInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.mapreduce.v2.hs.webapp.dao.JobsInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.RemoteExceptionData;
 
 @Singleton
 @Provider
@@ -64,7 +65,8 @@ public class JAXBContextResolver implements ContextResolver<JAXBContext> {
       JobTaskAttemptCounterInfo.class, TaskCounterInfo.class,
       JobCounterInfo.class, ReduceTaskAttemptInfo.class, TaskAttemptInfo.class,
       TaskAttemptsInfo.class, CounterGroupInfo.class,
-      TaskCounterGroupInfo.class, AMAttemptInfo.class, AMAttemptsInfo.class };
+      TaskCounterGroupInfo.class, AMAttemptInfo.class, AMAttemptsInfo.class,
+      RemoteExceptionData.class };
 
   public JAXBContextResolver() throws Exception {
     this.types = new HashSet<Class>(Arrays.asList(cTypes));

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-mapreduce-client/hadoop-mapreduce-client-hs/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/mapreduce/v2/hs/webapp/TestHsWebServicesJobs.java

@@ -392,6 +392,31 @@ public class TestHsWebServicesJobs extends JerseyTest {
   public void testJobIdInvalid() throws JSONException, Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();
 
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("history").path("mapreduce").path("jobs")
+          .path("job_foo").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+          .get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid uri");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
+      JSONObject msg = response.getEntity(JSONObject.class);
+      JSONObject exception = msg.getJSONObject("RemoteException");
+      assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 3, exception.length());
+      String message = exception.getString("message");
+      String type = exception.getString("exception");
+      String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  // verify the exception output default is JSON
+  @Test
+  public void testJobIdInvalidDefault() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+
     try {
       r.path("ws").path("v1").path("history").path("mapreduce").path("jobs")
           .path("job_foo").get(JSONObject.class);
@@ -406,15 +431,50 @@ public class TestHsWebServicesJobs extends JerseyTest {
       String message = exception.getString("message");
       String type = exception.getString("exception");
       String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception message",
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
-          "For input string: \"foo\"", message);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
-          "NumberFormatException", type);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
-          "java.lang.NumberFormatException", classname);
     }
   }
 
+  // test that the exception output works in XML
+  @Test
+  public void testJobIdInvalidXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("history").path("mapreduce").path("jobs")
+          .path("job_foo").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+          .get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid uri");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE, response.getType());
+      String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
+      System.out.println(msg);
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+      InputSource is = new InputSource();
+      is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
+      Document dom = db.parse(is);
+      NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("RemoteException");
+      Element element = (Element) nodes.item(0);
+      String message = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "message");
+      String type = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "exception");
+      String classname = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element,
+          "javaClassName");
+      verifyJobIdInvalid(message, type, classname);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void verifyJobIdInvalid(String message, String type, String classname) {
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception message",
+        "For input string: \"foo\"", message);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
+        "NumberFormatException", type);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
+        "java.lang.NumberFormatException", classname);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testJobIdInvalidBogus() throws JSONException, Exception {
     WebResource r = resource();

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/GenericExceptionHandler.java

@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp;
 
 import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.TreeMap;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Context;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.ExceptionMapper;
 import javax.ws.rs.ext.Provider;
@@ -33,19 +30,12 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RemoteException;
 import org.apache.hadoop.security.authorize.AuthorizationException;
-import org.mortbay.util.ajax.JSON;
 
 import com.google.inject.Singleton;
 
 /**
- * Handle webservices jersey exceptions and create json response in the format:
+ * Handle webservices jersey exceptions and create json or xml response
- * { "RemoteException" :
+ * with the ExceptionData.
- *   {
- *     "exception" : <exception type>,
- *     "javaClassName" : <classname of exception>,
- *     "message" : <error message from exception>
- *   }
- * }
  */
 @Singleton
 @Provider
@@ -100,16 +90,11 @@ public class GenericExceptionHandler implements ExceptionMapper<Exception> {
       s = Response.Status.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR;
     }
 
-    // convert to json
+    // let jaxb handle marshalling data out in the same format requested
-    final Map<String, Object> m = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
+    RemoteExceptionData exception = new RemoteExceptionData(e.getClass().getSimpleName(),
-    m.put("exception", e.getClass().getSimpleName());
+       e.getMessage(), e.getClass().getName());
-    m.put("message", e.getMessage());
-    m.put("javaClassName", e.getClass().getName());
-    final Map<String, Object> m2 = new TreeMap<String, Object>();
-    m2.put(RemoteException.class.getSimpleName(), m);
-    final String js = JSON.toString(m2);
 
-    return Response.status(s).type(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).entity(js)
+    return Response.status(s).entity(exception)
         .build();
   }
 }

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/webapp/RemoteExceptionData.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/**
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you 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.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp;
+
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlAccessorType;
+import javax.xml.bind.annotation.XmlRootElement;
+
+/**
+ * Contains the exception information from an exception thrown
+ * by the web service REST API's.
+ * Fields include:
+ *   exception - exception type
+ *   javaClassName - java class name of the exception
+ *   message - a detailed message explaining the exception
+ *
+ */
+@XmlRootElement(name = "RemoteException")
+@XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD)
+public class RemoteExceptionData {
+
+  private String exception;
+  private String message;
+  private String javaClassName;
+
+  public RemoteExceptionData() {
+  }
+
+  public RemoteExceptionData(String excep, String message, String className) {
+    this.exception = excep;
+    this.message = message;
+    this.javaClassName = className;
+  }
+
+  public String getException() {
+    return exception;
+  }
+
+  public String getMessage() {
+    return message;
+  }
+
+  public String getJavaClassName() {
+    return javaClassName;
+  }
+
+}

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/JAXBContextResolver.java

@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp.dao.AppsInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp.dao.ContainerInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp.dao.ContainersInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.webapp.dao.NodeInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.RemoteExceptionData;
 
 @Singleton
 @Provider
@@ -42,19 +43,20 @@ public class JAXBContextResolver implements ContextResolver<JAXBContext> {
 
   private JAXBContext context;
   private final Set<Class> types;
-    
+
   // you have to specify all the dao classes here
-  private final Class[] cTypes = {AppInfo.class, AppsInfo.class, 
+  private final Class[] cTypes = {AppInfo.class, AppsInfo.class,
-      ContainerInfo.class, ContainersInfo.class, NodeInfo.class};
+      ContainerInfo.class, ContainersInfo.class, NodeInfo.class,
-    
+      RemoteExceptionData.class};
+
   public JAXBContextResolver() throws Exception {
     this.types = new HashSet<Class>(Arrays.asList(cTypes));
-    // sets the json configuration so that the json output looks like 
+    // sets the json configuration so that the json output looks like
     // the xml output
     this.context = new JSONJAXBContext(JSONConfiguration.natural().
         rootUnwrapping(false).build(), cTypes);
   }
-    
+
   @Override
   public JAXBContext getContext(Class<?> objectType) {
     return (types.contains(objectType)) ? context : null;

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-nodemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/nodemanager/webapp/TestNMWebServicesApps.java

@@ -382,18 +382,91 @@ public class TestNMWebServicesApps extends JerseyTest {
       String message = exception.getString("message");
       String type = exception.getString("exception");
       String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
-      WebServicesTestUtils
+      verifyStatInvalidException(message, type, classname);
-          .checkStringMatch(
-              "exception message",
-              "No enum const class org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.application.ApplicationState.FOO_STATE",
-              message);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
-          "IllegalArgumentException", type);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
-          "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException", classname);
     }
   }
 
+  // verify the exception object default format is JSON
+  @Test
+  public void testNodeAppsStateInvalidDefault() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+    Application app = new MockApp(1);
+    nmContext.getApplications().put(app.getAppId(), app);
+    addAppContainers(app);
+    Application app2 = new MockApp("foo", 1234, 2);
+    nmContext.getApplications().put(app2.getAppId(), app2);
+    addAppContainers(app2);
+
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("node").path("apps")
+          .queryParam("state", "FOO_STATE").get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid user query");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
+      JSONObject msg = response.getEntity(JSONObject.class);
+      JSONObject exception = msg.getJSONObject("RemoteException");
+      assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 3, exception.length());
+      String message = exception.getString("message");
+      String type = exception.getString("exception");
+      String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
+      verifyStatInvalidException(message, type, classname);
+    }
+  }
+
+  // test that the exception output also returns XML
+  @Test
+  public void testNodeAppsStateInvalidXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    WebResource r = resource();
+    Application app = new MockApp(1);
+    nmContext.getApplications().put(app.getAppId(), app);
+    addAppContainers(app);
+    Application app2 = new MockApp("foo", 1234, 2);
+    nmContext.getApplications().put(app2.getAppId(), app2);
+    addAppContainers(app2);
+
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("node").path("apps")
+          .queryParam("state", "FOO_STATE").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+          .get(JSONObject.class);
+      fail("should have thrown exception on invalid user query");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+
+      assertEquals(Status.BAD_REQUEST, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE, response.getType());
+      String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
+
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+      InputSource is = new InputSource();
+      is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
+      Document dom = db.parse(is);
+      NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("RemoteException");
+      Element element = (Element) nodes.item(0);
+      String message = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "message");
+      String type = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "exception");
+      String classname = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element,
+          "javaClassName");
+      verifyStatInvalidException(message, type, classname);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void verifyStatInvalidException(String message, String type,
+      String classname) {
+    WebServicesTestUtils
+        .checkStringMatch(
+            "exception message",
+            "No enum const class org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.nodemanager.containermanager.application.ApplicationState.FOO_STATE",
+            message);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
+        "IllegalArgumentException", type);
+    WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
+        "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException", classname);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testNodeSingleApps() throws JSONException, Exception {
     testNodeSingleAppHelper(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON);

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/main/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/JAXBContextResolver.java

@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp.dao.NodesInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp.dao.SchedulerInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp.dao.SchedulerTypeInfo;
 import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp.dao.UserMetricsInfo;
+import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.RemoteExceptionData;
 
 @Singleton
 @Provider
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ public class JAXBContextResolver implements ContextResolver<JAXBContext> {
       CapacitySchedulerQueueInfo.class, FifoSchedulerInfo.class,
       SchedulerTypeInfo.class, NodeInfo.class, UserMetricsInfo.class,
       CapacitySchedulerInfo.class, ClusterMetricsInfo.class,
-      SchedulerInfo.class, AppsInfo.class, NodesInfo.class };
+      SchedulerInfo.class, AppsInfo.class, NodesInfo.class,
+      RemoteExceptionData.class};
 
   public JAXBContextResolver() throws Exception {
     this.types = new HashSet<Class>(Arrays.asList(cTypes));

hadoop-mapreduce-project/hadoop-yarn/hadoop-yarn-server/hadoop-yarn-server-resourcemanager/src/test/java/org/apache/hadoop/yarn/server/resourcemanager/webapp/TestRMWebServicesNodes.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.resourcemanager.webapp;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 import java.io.StringReader;
@@ -404,20 +405,84 @@ public class TestRMWebServicesNodes extends JerseyTest {
       String message = exception.getString("message");
       String type = exception.getString("exception");
       String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
-      WebServicesTestUtils
+      verifyNonexistNodeException(message, type, classname);
-          .checkStringMatch("exception message",
-              "java.lang.Exception: nodeId, node_invalid:99, is not found",
-              message);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception type",
-          "NotFoundException", type);
-      WebServicesTestUtils.checkStringMatch("exception classname",
-          "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.NotFoundException", classname);
 
     } finally {
       rm.stop();
     }
   }
 
+  // test that the exception output defaults to JSON
+  @Test
+  public void testNonexistNodeDefault() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    rm.registerNode("h1:1234", 5120);
+    rm.registerNode("h2:1235", 5121);
+    WebResource r = resource();
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("cluster").path("nodes")
+          .path("node_invalid:99").get(JSONObject.class);
+
+      fail("should have thrown exception on non-existent nodeid");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.NOT_FOUND, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON_TYPE, response.getType());
+      JSONObject msg = response.getEntity(JSONObject.class);
+      JSONObject exception = msg.getJSONObject("RemoteException");
+      assertEquals("incorrect number of elements", 3, exception.length());
+      String message = exception.getString("message");
+      String type = exception.getString("exception");
+      String classname = exception.getString("javaClassName");
+      verifyNonexistNodeException(message, type, classname);
+    } finally {
+      rm.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  // test that the exception output works in XML
+  @Test
+  public void testNonexistNodeXML() throws JSONException, Exception {
+    rm.registerNode("h1:1234", 5120);
+    rm.registerNode("h2:1235", 5121);
+    WebResource r = resource();
+    try {
+      r.path("ws").path("v1").path("cluster").path("nodes")
+          .path("node_invalid:99").accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+          .get(JSONObject.class);
+
+      fail("should have thrown exception on non-existent nodeid");
+    } catch (UniformInterfaceException ue) {
+      ClientResponse response = ue.getResponse();
+      assertEquals(Status.NOT_FOUND, response.getClientResponseStatus());
+      assertEquals(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML_TYPE, response.getType());
+      String msg = response.getEntity(String.class);
+      System.out.println(msg);
+      DocumentBuilderFactory dbf = DocumentBuilderFactory.newInstance();
+      DocumentBuilder db = dbf.newDocumentBuilder();
+      InputSource is = new InputSource();
+      is.setCharacterStream(new StringReader(msg));
+      Document dom = db.parse(is);
+      NodeList nodes = dom.getElementsByTagName("RemoteException");
+      Element element = (Element) nodes.item(0);
+      String message = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "message");
+      String type = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element, "exception");
+      String classname = WebServicesTestUtils.getXmlString(element,
+          "javaClassName");
+      verifyNonexistNodeException(message, type, classname);
+    } finally {
+      rm.stop();
+    }
+  }
+
+  private void verifyNonexistNodeException(String message, String type, String classname) {
+    assertTrue("exception message incorrect",
+        "java.lang.Exception: nodeId, node_invalid:99, is not found"
+            .matches(message));
+    assertTrue("exception type incorrect", "NotFoundException".matches(type));
+    assertTrue("exception className incorrect",
+        "org.apache.hadoop.yarn.webapp.NotFoundException".matches(classname));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testInvalidNode() throws JSONException, Exception {
     rm.registerNode("h1:1234", 5120);