Dropwizard : Exception Handling, giving custom error JSON error messages to client
You can add your own subclass of WebApplicationException like this:
public class ObjectNotFoundException extends WebApplicationException { public ObjectNotFoundException() { super(Responses.notFound().build()); } public ObjectNotFoundException(String message) { super(Response.status(Responses.NOT_FOUND). entity(message).type("text/plain").build()); }}See the documentation for more information. You can also use ExceptionMappers if that makes more sense for your application.