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package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.soap;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* 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.
*/
public interface SOAPFault extends SOAPBodyElement {
/**
* 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.
* @param 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 #getFaultCode() getFaultCode()
*/
public abstract void setFaultCode(String faultCode) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault code for this SOAPFault
* object.
* @return a String with the fault code
* @see #setFaultCode(java.lang.String) setFaultCode(java.lang.String)
*/
public abstract String getFaultCode();
/**
* 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.
* @param 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 #getFaultActor() getFaultActor()
*/
public abstract void setFaultActor(String faultActor) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault actor for this SOAPFault
* object.
* @return a String giving the actor in the message
* path that caused this SOAPFault object
* @see #setFaultActor(java.lang.String) setFaultActor(java.lang.String)
*/
public abstract String getFaultActor();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault
* object to the given string.
*
* @param 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 #getFaultString() getFaultString()
*/
public abstract void setFaultString(String faultString)
throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault string for this SOAPFault
* object.
* @return a String giving an explanation of the
* fault
*/
public abstract String getFaultString();
/**
* Returns the detail element for this SOAPFault
* object.
*
* A Detail object carries
* application-specific error information related to
* SOAPBodyElement objects.
* @return a Detail object with
* application-specific error information
*/
public abstract Detail getDetail();
/**
* 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.
* @return the new Detail object
* @throws SOAPException if this
* SOAPFault object already contains a valid
* Detail object
*/
public abstract Detail addDetail() throws SOAPException;
/**
* 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
* QName. 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 setFaultCode(String).
*
* @param name a Name object giving the fault code to be set.
* It must be namespace qualified.
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the
* faultcode element to the underlying XML tree
*/
public abstract void setFaultCode(Name name) throws SOAPException;
/**
* 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.
*
* In the future, a QName object version of this method may also be added.
* @return a Name representing the faultcode
*/
public abstract Name getFaultCodeAsName();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this SOAPFault object to the given
* string and localized to the given locale.
*
* @param faultString a String giving an explanation of
* the fault
* @param locale a Locale object indicating the
* native language of the faultString
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the
* faultString to the underlying XML tree
*/
public abstract void setFaultString(String faultString, Locale locale) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Returns the optional detail element for this SOAPFault
* object.
*
* @return a Locale object indicating the native language of
* the fault string or null if no locale was
* specified
*/
public abstract Locale getFaultStringLocale();
}