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package javax.xml.soap;

import org.w3c.dom.Document;

import java.util.Locale;

/**
 * An object that represents the contents of the SOAP body element in a SOAP message. A SOAP body
 * element consists of XML data that affects the way the application-specific content is processed.
 * 
 * A SOAPBody object contains SOAPBodyElement objects, which have the
 * content for the SOAP body. A SOAPFault object, which carries status and/or error
 * information, is an example of a SOAPBodyElement object.
 *
 * @see SOAPFault SOAPFault
 */
public interface SOAPBody extends SOAPElement {

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPFault object and adds it to this SOAPBody
     * object.
     *
     * @return the new SOAPFault object
     * @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
     */
    public abstract SOAPFault addFault() throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Indicates whether a SOAPFault object exists in this SOAPBody
     * object.
     *
     * @return true if a SOAPFault object exists in this
     *         SOAPBody object; false otherwise
     */
    public abstract boolean hasFault();

    /**
     * Returns the SOAPFault object in this SOAPBody object.
     *
     * @return the SOAPFault object in this SOAPBody object
     */
    public abstract SOAPFault getFault();

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPBodyElement object with the specified name and adds it to this
     * SOAPBody object.
     *
     * @param name a Name object with the name for the new SOAPBodyElement
     *             object
     * @return the new SOAPBodyElement object
     * @throws SOAPException if a SOAP error occurs
     */
    public abstract SOAPBodyElement addBodyElement(Name name)
            throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPFault object and adds it to this SOAPBody object.
     * The new SOAPFault will have a faultcode element that is set to the
     * faultCode parameter and a faultstring set to
     * faultstring and localized to locale.
     *
     * @param faultCode   a Name object giving the fault code to be set; must be one of
     *                    the fault codes defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification and of type QName
     * @param faultString a String giving an explanation of the fault
     * @param locale      a Locale object indicating the native language of the
     *                    faultString
     * @return the new SOAPFault object
     * @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
     */
    public abstract SOAPFault addFault(Name faultCode,
                                       String faultString,
                                       Locale locale) throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Creates a new SOAPFault object and adds it to this SOAPBody object.
     * The new SOAPFault will have a faultcode element that is set to the
     * faultCode parameter and a faultstring set to
     * faultstring.
     *
     * @param faultCode   a Name object giving the fault code to be set; must be one of
     *                    the fault codes defined in the SOAP 1.1 specification and of type QName
     * @param faultString a String giving an explanation of the fault
     * @return the new SOAPFault object
     * @throws SOAPException if there is a SOAP error
     */
    public abstract SOAPFault addFault(Name faultCode, String faultString) throws SOAPException;

    /**
     * Adds the root node of the DOM Document to this SOAPBody object.
     * 

     * Calling this method invalidates the document parameter. The client application
     * should discard all references to this Document and its contents upon calling
     * addDocument. The behavior of an application that continues to use such
     * references is undefined.
     *
     * @param document the Document object whose root node will be added to this
     *                 SOAPBody
     * @return the SOAPBodyElement that represents the root node that was added
     * @throws SOAPException if the Document cannot be added
     */
    public abstract SOAPBodyElement addDocument(Document document) throws SOAPException;

    public abstract SOAPBodyElement addBodyElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)
            throws SOAPException;

    public abstract SOAPFault addFault(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname,
                                       java.lang.String s)
            throws SOAPException;

    public abstract SOAPFault addFault(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname,
                                       java.lang.String s,
                                       java.util.Locale locale)
            throws SOAPException;

    public abstract org.w3c.dom.Document extractContentAsDocument()
            throws SOAPException;
}