Configure Websphere not to wrap RuntimeExceptions thrown from Filter.doFilter

Question

When working with Websphere 7.0, RuntimeExceptions thrown from the Filter.doFilter are wrapped in a ServletException, instead of being propagated as they are.

Is there any way of configuring Websphere to throw the original exception instead of wrapping it?

Answer 1

No because then the app container wouldn't know how to handle them.

Just use getCause() to get the original exception if you have your own error handler.