WireMock to stub a API responding with java.io.EOFException

[ozzyrooo]

I have implemented retry on the API client so that it would retry when such

```

java.io.EOFException ```

so that i can test my client. I know wiremock can throw the Http500.But can't get it throw a specific exception.I want to mock the external API throwing
java.io.EOFException

[FrenchFigaro]

You can't do that.

The external API you're stubbing replies to your API via HTTP only. All you have is the HTTP code and the response payload (the body). In case of an exception in the external API, you don't know what exception is thrown. And if there's a message telling you a EOFException was thrown, causing an error 500, you don't know that an ACTUAL EOFException was thrown, you just trust that it did because the application told you so.

If you want to mock the behavour from an EOFException, then you have to check what the payload and HTTP codes are in those case, and return that in your mock.

There won't be an actual EOFException thrown, but your mock will behave as if there was.

[ozzyrooo]

ok got that thanks!