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package org.apache.xmlbeans.impl.soap;
import java.util.Locale;
/**
* An element in the {@code SOAPBody} object that contains
* error and/or status information. This information may relate to
* errors in the {@code 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.
* <P>
* The {@code SOAPFault} interface provides methods for
* retrieving the information contained in a {@code
* 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 {@code SOAPFault} 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} 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} to the underlying XML
* tree.
* @see #getFaultCode() getFaultCode()
*/
void setFaultCode(String faultCode) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault code for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object.
* @return a {@code String} with the fault code
* @see #setFaultCode(java.lang.String) setFaultCode(java.lang.String)
*/
String getFaultCode();
/**
* Sets this {@code SOAPFault} 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}
* identifying the actor that caused this {@code
* SOAPFault} object
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in
* adding the {@code faultActor} to the underlying XML
* tree.
* @see #getFaultActor() getFaultActor()
*/
void setFaultActor(String faultActor) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault actor for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object.
* @return a {@code String} giving the actor in the message
* path that caused this {@code SOAPFault} object
* @see #setFaultActor(java.lang.String) setFaultActor(java.lang.String)
*/
String getFaultActor();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object to the given string.
*
* @param faultString a {@code String}
* giving an explanation of the fault
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in
* adding the {@code faultString} to the underlying XML
* tree.
* @see #getFaultString() getFaultString()
*/
void setFaultString(String faultString)
throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the fault string for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object.
* @return a {@code String} giving an explanation of the
* fault
*/
String getFaultString();
/**
* Returns the detail element for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object.
*
* <P>A {@code Detail} object carries
* application-specific error information related to {@code
* SOAPBodyElement} objects.</P>
* @return a {@code Detail} object with
* application-specific error information
*/
Detail getDetail();
/**
* Creates a {@code Detail} object and sets it as the
* {@code Detail} object for this {@code SOAPFault}
* 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} object
* @throws SOAPException if this
* {@code SOAPFault} object already contains a valid
* {@code Detail} object
*/
Detail addDetail() throws SOAPException;
/**
* Sets this {@code 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
* {@code QName}. This method provides a convenient way to set a fault
* code. For example,
*
* <pre>{@code
* 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);
* }</pre>
*
* It is preferable to use this method over setFaultCode(String).
*
* @param name a {@code Name} 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} element to the underlying XML tree
*/
void setFaultCode(Name name) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Gets the mandatory SOAP 1.1 fault code for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object as a SAAJ {@code 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 {@code Name} object. This method should be used instead of the
* {@code getFaultCode()} 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} representing the faultcode
*/
Name getFaultCodeAsName();
/**
* Sets the fault string for this {@code SOAPFault} object to the given
* string and localized to the given locale.
*
* @param faultString a {@code String} giving an explanation of
* the fault
* @param locale a {@code Locale} object indicating the
* native language of the {@code faultString}
* @throws SOAPException if there was an error in adding the
* {@code faultString} to the underlying XML tree
*/
void setFaultString(String faultString, Locale locale) throws SOAPException;
/**
* Returns the optional detail element for this {@code SOAPFault}
* object.
*
* @return a {@code Locale} object indicating the native language of
* the fault string or {@code null} if no locale was
* specified
*/
Locale getFaultStringLocale();
}