Throwing ResourceAccessException vs HttpClientErrorException for RestTemplate client in Spring

Using Spring 4.3.1, I have implemented a REST server that handles GET, POST & PUT requests. The POST request is handled in the form:

@POST
@Consumes({MediaType.APPLICATION_XML, MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON})
@Transactional
public Response postMethod(final MyDomain object) {
     domainHandler.createDomain(object);
     return Response.status(201).entity(object).build();
}

During handling POST request on the server side, the WebApplicationException is thrown, which is handled by:

@Provider
public class WebExceptionMapper implements ExceptionMapper<WebApplicationException> {
     @Override
     public Response toResponse(WebApplicationException exception) {
          int httpStatus = exception.getResponse().getStatus();
          ErrorMessage em = new WebErrorMessage(exception.getMessage());
          return Response.status(httpStatus).entity(em).build();
     }
}

On the client side:

response = rest.exchange(requestURL, method, requestEntity, MyDomain.class);

the ResourceAccessException is thrown:

2017-07-25 15:46:41,489 ERROR [com.my.code.web.presentation.ManagementController:63] (http-nio-8080-exec-7#34): Internal exception occured with cause:
org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException: I/O error on POST request for "http://localhost:8080/": Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://localhost:8080/; nested exception is java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://localhost:8080/
     at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:633) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.execute(RestTemplate.java:580) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.exchange(RestTemplate.java:498) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at com.my.code.web.integration.client.rest.FeedbackRestClient.callForApiCreateFeedback(FeedbackRestClient.java:218) ~[classes/:?]
     at com.my.code.web.integration.client.rest.FeedbackRestClient.pushFeedbackData(FeedbackRestClient.java:70) ~[classes/:?]
     at com.my.code.web.presentation.FeedbackController.feedback(FeedbackController.java:91) ~[classes/:?]
     at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor72.invoke(Unknown Source) ~[?:?]
     at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
     at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.doInvoke(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:221) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.method.support.InvocableHandlerMethod.invokeForRequest(InvocableHandlerMethod.java:136) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.invokeAndHandle(ServletInvocableHandlerMethod.java:114) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.invokeHandlerMethod(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:827) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.handleInternal(RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java:738) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.handle(AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter.java:85) ~[spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doDispatch(DispatcherServlet.java:963) [spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.DispatcherServlet.doService(DispatcherServlet.java:897) [spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.processRequest(FrameworkServlet.java:970) [spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.doGet(FrameworkServlet.java:861) [spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:635) [servlet-api.jar:?]
     at org.springframework.web.servlet.FrameworkServlet.service(FrameworkServlet.java:846) [spring-webmvc-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet.service(HttpServlet.java:742) [servlet-api.jar:?]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:231) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.springframework.web.filter.CharacterEncodingFilter.doFilterInternal(CharacterEncodingFilter.java:197) [spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter.doFilter(OncePerRequestFilter.java:107) [spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.tomcat.websocket.server.WsFilter.doFilter(WsFilter.java:52) [tomcat-websocket.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.internalDoFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:193) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.ApplicationFilterChain.doFilter(ApplicationFilterChain.java:166) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardWrapperValve.invoke(StandardWrapperValve.java:198) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardContextValve.invoke(StandardContextValve.java:96) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.authenticator.AuthenticatorBase.invoke(AuthenticatorBase.java:478) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardHostValve.invoke(StandardHostValve.java:140) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.ErrorReportValve.invoke(ErrorReportValve.java:80) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.valves.AbstractAccessLogValve.invoke(AbstractAccessLogValve.java:624) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngineValve.invoke(StandardEngineValve.java:87) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteAdapter.service(CoyoteAdapter.java:342) [catalina.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.coyote.http11.Http11Processor.service(Http11Processor.java:799) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProcessorLight.process(AbstractProcessorLight.java:66) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol$ConnectionHandler.process(AbstractProtocol.java:868) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.NioEndpoint$SocketProcessor.doRun(NioEndpoint.java:1455) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.5.16]
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.net.SocketProcessorBase.run(SocketProcessorBase.java:49) [tomcat-coyote.jar:8.5.16]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142) [?:1.8.0_131]
     at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617) [?:1.8.0_131]
     at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61) [tomcat-util.jar:8.5.16]
     at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:748) [?:1.8.0_131]
Caused by: java.io.IOException: Server returned HTTP response code: 500 for URL: http://localhost:8080/
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream0(HttpURLConnection.java:1876) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
     at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:1474) ~[?:1.8.0_131]
     at org.springframework.http.client.SimpleClientHttpResponse.getBody(SimpleClientHttpResponse.java:85) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at com.my.code.web.integration.client.rest.BufferingClientHttpResponseWrapper.getBody(BufferingClientHttpResponseWrapper.java:46) ~[classes/:?]
     at com.my.code.web.integration.client.rest.LoggingRequestInterceptor.traceResponse(LoggingRequestInterceptor.java:66) ~[classes/:?]
     at com.my.code.web.integration.client.rest.LoggingRequestInterceptor.intercept(LoggingRequestInterceptor.java:34) ~[classes/:?]
     at org.springframework.http.client.InterceptingClientHttpRequest$InterceptingRequestExecution.execute(InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java:85) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.http.client.InterceptingClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(InterceptingClientHttpRequest.java:69) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.executeInternal(AbstractBufferingClientHttpRequest.java:48) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.http.client.AbstractClientHttpRequest.execute(AbstractClientHttpRequest.java:53) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     at org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate.doExecute(RestTemplate.java:619) ~[spring-web-4.3.1.RELEASE.jar:4.3.1.RELEASE]
     ... 47 more

Question:

Why is the exception org.springframework.web.client.ResourceAccessException thrown, but not org.springframework.web.client.HttpClientErrorException what's happen for handling the GET request and throwing WebApplicationException?

The ResourceAccessException exception does not have methods that allow me to read the HTTP status, eg getRawStatusCode (), getResponseHeaders(), etc.