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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>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(java.lang.String) setFaultCode(java.lang.String)
*/
public abstract String getFaultCode();
/**
* Sets this <CODE>SOAPFault</CODE> object with the given
* fault actor.
*
* <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(java.lang.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>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>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.
*
* 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,
*
* <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);
*
* 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();
}