[SOLR-7664] Solrj client throws ParseException("Illegal content type") when server returns "other http error" (here 413) with BinaryResponseParser

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 5.2
• Fix Version/s: 5.3
• Component/s: SolrJ
• Assignee: Ramkumar Aiyengar
• Reporter: Eirik Lygre
• Created: 11/Jun/15 09:21
• Updated: 26/Aug/15 13:06
• Resolved: 23/Jun/15 21:43

Description

We have a program that uses Solrj to index data. For some (irrelevant) reason, the server sometimes returns "413 FULL Head" with no Content-Type header. When that happens, the Solrj library fails.

In HttpSolrClient.executeMethod, two things happen:

If there is no processor, then a RemoteSolrException is thrown, which is good. Ref https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene_solr_5_2_0/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClient.java#L493.

However, when there is a processor, the code tries to call ContentType.parse() with the returned ContentType, which is null. This method throws a ParseException("Illegal content type"), which propagates to the client. The cause of the error is very much hidden now. Ref https://github.com/apache/lucene-solr/blob/lucene_solr_5_2_0/solr/solrj/src/java/org/apache/solr/client/solrj/impl/HttpSolrClient.java#L513.

It would be nice if the client would throw a RemoteSolrException in this case, too.

Issue Links

• relates to: SOLR-7681 HttpSolrClient fails with a confusing error when a GET request is too big