diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
index d22f657..dd03860 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/QueryServiceServlet.java
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@
         } catch (Exception | TokenMgrError | org.apache.asterix.aqlplus.parser.TokenMgrError e) {
             handleExecuteStatementException(e, execution, param);
             response.setStatus(execution.getHttpStatus());
-            ResultUtil.printError(sessionOutput.out(), e);
+            printError(sessionOutput.out(), e);
             ResultUtil.printStatus(sessionOutput, execution.getResultStatus());
         } finally {
             // make sure that we stop buffering and return the result to the http response
@@ -602,6 +602,10 @@
         }
     }
 
+    protected void printError(PrintWriter sessionOut, Throwable throwable) {
+        ResultUtil.printError(sessionOut, throwable);
+    }
+
     protected void printExecutionPlans(SessionOutput output, ExecutionPlans executionPlans) {
         final PrintWriter pw = output.out();
         pw.print("\t\"");
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/common/exceptions/AlgebricksException.java b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/common/exceptions/AlgebricksException.java
index adb6c79..54292c3 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/common/exceptions/AlgebricksException.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/algebricks/algebricks-common/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/algebricks/common/exceptions/AlgebricksException.java
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.ErrorCode;
+import org.apache.hyracks.api.exceptions.IFormattedException;
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ErrorMessageUtil;
 
-public class AlgebricksException extends Exception {
+public class AlgebricksException extends Exception implements IFormattedException {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public static final int UNKNOWN = 0;
@@ -93,10 +94,12 @@
         return new AlgebricksException(ErrorCode.HYRACKS, errorCode, ErrorCode.getErrorMessage(errorCode), params);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getComponent() {
         return component;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getErrorCode() {
         return errorCode;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
index 7aa84e2..2235752 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/HyracksException.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 import org.apache.hyracks.api.util.ErrorMessageUtil;
 
-public class HyracksException extends IOException {
+public class HyracksException extends IOException implements IFormattedException {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
     public static final int UNKNOWN = 0;
@@ -101,10 +101,12 @@
         this(component, errorCode, message, cause, null, params);
     }
 
+    @Override
     public String getComponent() {
         return component;
     }
 
+    @Override
     public int getErrorCode() {
         return errorCode;
     }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/IFormattedException.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/IFormattedException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..994915f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-api/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/api/exceptions/IFormattedException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * 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.hyracks.api.exceptions;
+
+public interface IFormattedException {
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the component of this {@link IFormattedException}
+     *
+     * @return the exception component
+     */
+    String getComponent();
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the error code of this {@link IFormattedException}
+     *
+     * @return the error code
+     */
+    int getErrorCode();
+}
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