The SOAP Fault element has the following sub elements:
Sub Element | Description |
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<faultcode> | A code for identifying the fault |
<faultstring> | A human readable explanation of the fault |
<faultactor> | Information about who caused the fault to happen |
<detail> |
Holds application specific error information related to the Body element
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SOAP Fault Codes
The faultcode values defined below must be used in the faultcode element when describing faults:
Error | Description |
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VersionMismatch | Found an invalid namespace for the SOAP Envelope element |
MustUnderstand | An immediate child element of the Header element, with the mustUnderstand attribute set to “1”, was not understood |
Client | The message was incorrectly formed or contained incorrect information |
Server | There was a problem with the server so the message could not proceed |
SOAP Fault Example
The following code is a sample Fault. The client has requested a method named ValidateCreditCard , but the service does not support such a method. This represents a client request error, and the server returns the following SOAP response:
<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?> <SOAP-ENV:Envelope xmlns:SOAP-ENV="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/1999/XMLSchema"> <SOAP-ENV:Body> <SOAP-ENV:Fault> <faultcode xsi:type="xsd:string">SOAP-ENV:Client</faultcode> <faultstring xsi:type="xsd:string"> Failed to locate method (ValidateCreditCard) in class (examplesCreditCard) at /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.6/lib/ site_perl/5.6.0/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1555. </faultstring> </SOAP-ENV:Fault> </SOAP-ENV:Body> </SOAP-ENV:Envelope>
References
1. Wikipedia for SOAP
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