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package javax.xml.soap;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* An element in the <CODE>SOAPBody</CODE> object that contains error and/or status information.
* This information may relate to errors in the <CODE>SOAPMessage</CODE> 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.
* <p/>
* The <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> interface provides methods for retrieving the information contained in
* a <CODE> SOAPFault</CODE> 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 <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object with the given fault code.
* <p/>
* <P>Fault codes, which given information about the fault, are defined in the SOAP 1.1
* specification.</P>
*
* @param faultCode a <CODE>String</CODE> 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 <CODE>faultCode</CODE> to the
* underlying XML tree.
* @see #getFaultCode() getFaultCode()
*/
public abstract void setFaultCode(String faultCode) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault code for this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object.
*
* @return a <CODE>String</CODE> with the fault code
* @see #setFaultCode(String) setFaultCode(java.lang.String)
*/
public abstract String getFaultCode();
/**
* Sets this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object with the given fault actor.
* <p/>
* <P>The fault actor is the recipient in the message path who caused the fault to happen.</P>
*
* @param faultActor a <CODE>String</CODE> identifying the actor that caused this <CODE>
* SOAPFault</CODE> object
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the <CODE>faultActor</CODE> to the
* underlying XML tree.
* @see #getFaultActor() getFaultActor()
*/
public abstract void setFaultActor(String faultActor) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault actor for this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object.
*
* @return a <CODE>String</CODE> giving the actor in the message path that caused this
* <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object
* @see #setFaultActor(String) setFaultActor(java.lang.String)
*/
public abstract String getFaultActor();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object to the given string.
*
* @param faultString a <CODE>String</CODE> giving an explanation of the fault
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the <CODE>faultString</CODE> to the
* underlying XML tree.
* @see #getFaultString() getFaultString()
*/
public abstract void setFaultString(String faultString)
throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault string for this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object.
*
* @return a <CODE>String</CODE> giving an explanation of the fault
*/
public abstract String getFaultString();
/**
* Returns the detail element for this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object.
* <p/>
* <P>A <CODE>Detail</CODE> object carries application-specific error information related to
* <CODE> SOAPBodyElement</CODE> objects.</P>
*
* @return a <CODE>Detail</CODE> object with application-specific error information
*/
public abstract Detail getDetail();
/**
* Creates a <CODE>Detail</CODE> object and sets it as the <CODE>Detail</CODE> object for this
* <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object.
* <p/>
* <P>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.</P>
*
* @return the new <CODE>Detail</CODE> object
* @throws SOAPException if this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object already contains a valid
* <CODE>Detail</CODE> object
*/
public abstract Detail addDetail() throws SOAPException;
/**
* Sets this <code>SOAPFault</code> object with the given fault code.
* <p/>
* 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 <code>QName</code>. This method
* provides a convenient way to set a fault code. For example,
* <p/>
* <pre>
* 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);
* <p/>
* It is preferable to use this method over setFaultCode(String).
*
* @param name a <code>Name</code> object giving the fault code to be set. It must be namespace
* qualified.
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the <code>faultcode</code> element to
* the underlying XML tree
*/
public abstract void setFaultCode(Name name) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the mandatory SOAP 1.1 fault code for this <code>SOAPFault</code> object as a SAAJ
* <code>Name</code> 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 <code>Name</code> object. This method should be used instead of the
* <code>getFaultCode()</code> method since it allows applications to easily access the
* namespace name without additional parsing.
* <p/>
* In the future, a QName object version of this method may also be added.
*
* @return a <code>Name</code> representing the faultcode
*/
public abstract Name getFaultCodeAsName();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this <code>SOAPFault</code> object to the given string and
* localized to the given locale.
*
* @param faultString a <code>String</code> giving an explanation of the fault
* @param locale a <code>Locale</code> object indicating the native language of the
* <code>faultString</code>
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the <code>faultString</code> to the
* underlying XML tree
*/
public abstract void setFaultString(String faultString, Locale locale) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Returns the optional detail element for this <code>SOAPFault</code> object.
*
* @return a <code>Locale</code> object indicating the native language of the fault string or
* <code>null</code> if no locale was specified
*/
public abstract Locale getFaultStringLocale();
public abstract void addFaultReasonText(java.lang.String reasonText,
java.util.Locale locale)
throws SOAPException;
public abstract void appendFaultSubcode(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)
throws SOAPException;
public abstract javax.xml.namespace.QName getFaultCodeAsQName();
public abstract java.lang.String getFaultNode();
public abstract java.util.Iterator getFaultReasonLocales()
throws SOAPException;
public abstract java.lang.String getFaultReasonText(java.util.Locale locale)
throws SOAPException;
public abstract java.util.Iterator getFaultReasonTexts()
throws SOAPException;
public abstract java.lang.String getFaultRole();
public abstract java.util.Iterator getFaultSubcodes();
public abstract boolean hasDetail();
public abstract void removeAllFaultSubcodes();
public abstract void setFaultCode(javax.xml.namespace.QName qname)
throws SOAPException;
public abstract void setFaultNode(java.lang.String s)
throws SOAPException;
public abstract void setFaultRole(java.lang.String s)
throws SOAPException;
}