[AXIS-2207] SOAPFault has no children! Causes serialization to be incorrect.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: 1.2
• Component/s: SAAJ
• Environment: Axis 1.2, Tomcat 5.0, Eclipse 3
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Jeff Saremi
• Created: 02/Sep/05 23:29
• Updated: 02/Sep/05 23:29

Description

If you decide to serialize org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFault by ways of using other methods than the serializationContext and/or toString() method you will not be able to get it serialize correctly. For instance, try using XMLUtils.ElementToStream on a SOAPFault. The result is completely different than when you use fault.toString().
I think its related to the fact that under the fault no children show up!
Here's a quick test:

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private static final String XML_STRING = "<soapenv:Fault xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"><faultcode xmlns:ns1=\"http://xml.apache.org/axis/\">ns1:SomeFaultCode</faultcode><faultstring>Some text for the fault</faultstring><faultactor/><detail/></soapenv:Fault>";

public void testSOAPFault() throws Exception

{ Document doc = XMLUtils.newDocument( new ByteArrayInputStream(XML_STRING.getBytes()) ); SOAPFault fault = new SOAPFault( AxisFault.makeFault(new Exception("something went wrong"))); ByteArrayOutputStream bout = new ByteArrayOutputStream(); XMLUtils.ElementToStream(fault, bout); System.out.println("fault.getChildNodes().getLength() = " + fault.getChildNodes().getLength()); System.out.println(bout.toString()); }

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                              fault.getChildNodes().getLength() = 0
                              <null/>

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The problem may be related to more classes than SOAPFault but i didn't have time to investigate.