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SOAPFault.javaAPI DocJava SE 6 API18953Tue Jun 10 00:27:10 BST 2008javax.xml.soap

SOAPFault

public interface SOAPFault implements SOAPBodyElement
An element in the SOAPBody object that contains error and/or status information. This information may relate to errors in the SOAPMessage object or to problems that are not related to the content in the message itself. Problems not related to the message itself are generally errors in processing, such as the inability to communicate with an upstream server.

Depending on the protocol specified while creating the MessageFactory instance, a SOAPFault has sub-elements as defined in the SOAP 1.1/SOAP 1.2 specification.

Fields Summary
Constructors Summary
Methods Summary
public javax.xml.soap.DetailaddDetail()
Creates an optional Detail object and sets it as the Detail object for this SOAPFault object.

It is illegal to add a detail when the fault already contains a detail. Therefore, this method should be called only after the existing detail has been removed.

return
the new Detail object
exception
SOAPException if this SOAPFault object already contains a valid Detail object

public voidaddFaultReasonText(java.lang.String text, java.util.Locale locale)
Appends or replaces a Reason Text item containing the specified text message and an xml:lang derived from locale. If a Reason Text item with this xml:lang already exists its text value will be replaced with text. The locale parameter should not be null

Code sample:

SOAPFault fault = ...;
fault.addFaultReasonText("Version Mismatch", Locale.ENGLISH);

param
text -- reason message string
param
locale -- Locale object representing the locale of the message
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the Reason text or the locale passed was null.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Reason.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidappendFaultSubcode(javax.xml.namespace.QName subcode)
Adds a Subcode to the end of the sequence of Subcodes contained by this SOAPFault. Subcodes, which were introduced in SOAP 1.2, are represented by a recursive sequence of subelements rooted in the mandatory Code subelement of a SOAP Fault.

param
subcode a QName containing the Value of the Subcode.
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in setting the Subcode
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Subcode.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public javax.xml.soap.DetailgetDetail()
Returns the optional detail element for this SOAPFault object.

A Detail object carries application-specific error information, the scope of the error information is restricted to faults in the SOAPBodyElement objects if this is a SOAP 1.1 Fault.

return
a Detail object with application-specific error information if present, null otherwise

public java.lang.StringgetFaultActor()
Gets the fault actor for this SOAPFault object.

If this SOAPFault supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to {@link #getFaultRole()}

return
a String giving the actor in the message path that caused this SOAPFault object
see
#setFaultActor

public java.lang.StringgetFaultCode()
Gets the fault code for this SOAPFault object.

return
a String with the fault code
see
#getFaultCodeAsName
see
#setFaultCode

public javax.xml.soap.NamegetFaultCodeAsName()
Gets the mandatory SOAP 1.1 fault code for this SOAPFault object as a SAAJ Name object. The SOAP 1.1 specification requires the value of the "faultcode" element to be of type QName. This method returns the content of the element as a QName in the form of a SAAJ Name object. This method should be used instead of the getFaultCode method since it allows applications to easily access the namespace name without additional parsing.

return
a Name representing the faultcode
see
#setFaultCode(Name)
since
SAAJ 1.2

public javax.xml.namespace.QNamegetFaultCodeAsQName()
Gets the fault code for this SOAPFault object as a QName object.

return
a QName representing the faultcode
see
#setFaultCode(QName)
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.lang.StringgetFaultNode()
Returns the optional Node element value for this SOAPFault object. The Node element is optional in SOAP 1.2.

return
Content of the env:Fault/env:Node element as a String or null if none
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Node.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.util.IteratorgetFaultReasonLocales()
Returns an Iterator over a distinct sequence of Locales for which there are associated Reason Text items. Any of these Locales can be used in a call to getFaultReasonText in order to obtain a localized version of the Reason Text string.

return
an Iterator over a sequence of Locale objects for which there are associated Reason Text items.
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in retrieving the fault Reason locales.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Reason.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.lang.StringgetFaultReasonText(java.util.Locale locale)
Returns the Reason Text associated with the given Locale. If more than one such Reason Text exists the first matching Text is returned

param
locale -- the Locale for which a localized Reason Text is desired
return
the Reason Text associated with locale
see
#getFaultString
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in retrieving the fault Reason text for the specified locale .
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Reason.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.util.IteratorgetFaultReasonTexts()
Returns an Iterator over a sequence of String objects containing all of the Reason Text items for this SOAPFault.

return
an Iterator over env:Fault/env:Reason/env:Text items.
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in retrieving the fault Reason texts.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Reason.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.lang.StringgetFaultRole()
Returns the optional Role element value for this SOAPFault object. The Role element is optional in SOAP 1.2.

return
Content of the env:Fault/env:Role element as a String or null if none
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Role.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public java.lang.StringgetFaultString()
Gets the fault string for this SOAPFault object.

If this SOAPFault is part of a message that supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to:

String reason = null;
try {
reason = (String) getFaultReasonTexts().next();
} catch (SOAPException e) {}
return reason;

return
a String giving an explanation of the fault
see
#setFaultString(String)
see
#setFaultString(String, Locale)

public java.util.LocalegetFaultStringLocale()
Gets the locale of the fault string for this SOAPFault object.

If this SOAPFault is part of a message that supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to:

Locale locale = null;
try {
locale = (Locale) getFaultReasonLocales().next();
} catch (SOAPException e) {}
return locale;

return
a Locale object indicating the native language of the fault string or null if no locale was specified
see
#setFaultString(String, Locale)
since
SAAJ 1.2

public java.util.IteratorgetFaultSubcodes()
Gets the Subcodes for this SOAPFault as an iterator over QNames.

return
an Iterator that accesses a sequence of QNames. This Iterator should not support the optional remove method. The order in which the Subcodes are returned reflects the hierarchy of Subcodes present in the fault from top to bottom.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Subcode.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public booleanhasDetail()
Returns true if this SOAPFault has a Detail subelement and false otherwise. Equivalent to (getDetail()!=null).

return
true if this SOAPFault has a Detail subelement and false otherwise.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidremoveAllFaultSubcodes()
Removes any Subcodes that may be contained by this SOAPFault. Subsequent calls to getFaultSubcodes will return an empty iterator until a call to appendFaultSubcode is made.

exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Subcode.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidsetFaultActor(java.lang.String faultActor)
Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault actor.

The fault actor is the recipient in the message path who caused the fault to happen.

If this SOAPFault supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to {@link #setFaultRole(String)}

param
faultActor a String identifying the actor that caused this SOAPFault object
see
#getFaultActor
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultActor to the underlying XML tree.

public voidsetFaultCode(javax.xml.soap.Name faultCodeQName)
Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault code.

Fault codes, which give information about the fault, are defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification. A fault code is mandatory and must be of type Name. This method provides a convenient way to set a fault code. For example,

SOAPEnvelope se = ...;
// Create a qualified name in the SOAP namespace with a localName
// of "Client". Note that prefix parameter is optional and is null
// here which causes the implementation to use an appropriate prefix.
Name qname = se.createName("Client", null,
SOAPConstants.URI_NS_SOAP_ENVELOPE);
SOAPFault fault = ...;
fault.setFaultCode(qname);
It is preferable to use this method over {@link #setFaultCode(String)}.

param
faultCodeQName a Name object giving the fault code to be set. It must be namespace qualified.
see
#getFaultCodeAsName
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultcode element to the underlying XML tree.
since
SAAJ 1.2

public voidsetFaultCode(javax.xml.namespace.QName faultCodeQName)
Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault code. It is preferable to use this method over {@link #setFaultCode(Name)}.

param
faultCodeQName a QName object giving the fault code to be set. It must be namespace qualified.
see
#getFaultCodeAsQName
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultcode element to the underlying XML tree.
see
#setFaultCode(Name)
see
#getFaultCodeAsQName()
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidsetFaultCode(java.lang.String faultCode)
Sets this SOAPFault object with the give fault code.

Fault codes, which given information about the fault, are defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification. This element is mandatory in SOAP 1.1. Because the fault code is required to be a QName it is preferable to use the {@link #setFaultCode(Name)} form of this method.

param
faultCode a String giving the fault code to be set. It must be of the form "prefix:localName" where the prefix has been defined in a namespace declaration.
see
#setFaultCode(Name)
see
#getFaultCode
see
SOAPElement#addNamespaceDeclaration
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultCode to the underlying XML tree.

public voidsetFaultNode(java.lang.String uri)
Creates or replaces any existing Node element value for this SOAPFault object. The Node element is optional in SOAP 1.2.

exception
SOAPException if there was an error in setting the Node for this SOAPFault object.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Node.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidsetFaultRole(java.lang.String uri)
Creates or replaces any existing Role element value for this SOAPFault object. The Role element is optional in SOAP 1.2.

param
uri - the URI of the Role
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in setting the Role for this SOAPFault object.
exception
UnsupportedOperationException if this message does not support the SOAP 1.2 concept of Fault Role.
since
SAAJ 1.3

public voidsetFaultString(java.lang.String faultString)
Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault object to the given string.

If this SOAPFault is part of a message that supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to:

addFaultReasonText(faultString, Locale.getDefault());

param
faultString a String giving an explanation of the fault
see
#getFaultString
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultString to the underlying XML tree.

public voidsetFaultString(java.lang.String faultString, java.util.Locale locale)
Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault object to the given string and localized to the given locale.

If this SOAPFault is part of a message that supports SOAP 1.2 then this call is equivalent to:

addFaultReasonText(faultString, locale);

param
faultString a String giving an explanation of the fault
param
locale a {@link java.util.Locale Locale} object indicating the native language of the faultString
see
#getFaultString
exception
SOAPException if there was an error in adding the faultString to the underlying XML tree.
since
SAAJ 1.2