javax.xml.soap
Interface SOAPFault

All Superinterfaces:

Node, SOAPBodyElement, SOAPElement

public interface SOAPFault

extends 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.

The SOAPFault interface provides methods for retrieving the information contained in a SOAPFault object and for setting the fault code, the fault actor, and a string describing the fault. A fault code is one of the codes defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification that describe the fault. An actor is an intermediate recipient to whom a message was routed. The message path may include one or more actors, or, if no actors are specified, the message goes only to the default actor, which is the final intended recipient.

Component:

SAAJ interfaces

Method Summary

Detail	addDetail() Creates a Detail object and sets it as the Detail object for this SOAPFault object.
Detail	getDetail() Returns the detail element for this SOAPFault object.
java.lang.String	getFaultActor() Gets the fault actor for this SOAPFault object.
java.lang.String	getFaultCode() Gets the fault code for this SOAPFault object.
java.lang.String	getFaultString() Gets the fault string for this SOAPFault object.
void	setFaultActor(java.lang.String faultActor) Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault actor.
void	setFaultCode(java.lang.String faultCode) Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault code.
void	setFaultString(java.lang.String faultString) Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault object to the given string.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement

addAttribute, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addNamespaceDeclaration, addTextNode, getAllAttributes, getAttributeValue, getChildElements, getChildElements, getElementName, getEncodingStyle, getNamespacePrefixes, getNamespaceURI, removeAttribute, removeNamespaceDeclaration, setEncodingStyle

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node

detachNode, getParentElement, getValue, recycleNode, setParentElement

Method Detail

setFaultCode

public void setFaultCode(java.lang.String faultCode)
                  throws SOAPException

Sets this SOAPFault object with the given fault code.

Fault codes, which given information about the fault, are defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification.

Parameters:

faultCode - a String giving the fault code to be set; must be one of the fault codes defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification

Throws:

SOAPException - if there was an error in adding the faultCode to the underlying XML tree.

See Also:

getFaultCode()

getFaultCode

public java.lang.String getFaultCode()

Gets the fault code for this SOAPFault object.

Returns:

a String with the fault code

See Also:

setFaultCode(java.lang.String)

setFaultActor

public void setFaultActor(java.lang.String faultActor)
                   throws SOAPException

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.

Parameters:

faultActor - a String identifying the actor that caused this SOAPFault object

Throws:

SOAPException - if there was an error in adding the faultActor to the underlying XML tree.

See Also:

getFaultActor()

getFaultActor

public java.lang.String getFaultActor()

Gets the fault actor for this SOAPFault object.

Returns:

a String giving the actor in the message path that caused this SOAPFault object

See Also:

setFaultActor(java.lang.String)

setFaultString

public void setFaultString(java.lang.String faultString)
                    throws SOAPException

Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault object to the given string.

Parameters:

faultString - a String giving an explanation of the fault

Throws:

SOAPException - if there was an error in adding the faultString to the underlying XML tree.

See Also:

getFaultString()

getFaultString

public java.lang.String getFaultString()

Gets the fault string for this SOAPFault object.

Returns:

a String giving an explanation of the fault

getDetail

public Detail getDetail()

Returns the detail element for this SOAPFault object.

A Detail object carries application-specific error information related to SOAPBodyElement objects.

Returns:

a Detail object with application-specific error information

addDetail

public Detail addDetail()
                 throws SOAPException

Creates a 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.

Returns:

the new Detail object

Throws:

SOAPException - SOAPException if this SOAPFault object already contains a valid Detail object