[CXF-1028] Fault is being returned as general SOAPFaultException instead of specific fault

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.1, 2.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.0.2

Environment

Mac OS X 10.4.10

• Estimated Complexity: Unknown
• Assignee: Daniel Kulp
• Reporter: Richard Mixon
• Created: 17/Sep/07 01:09
• Updated: 05/Dec/07 19:23
• Resolved: 10/Oct/07 20:21

Description

I posted on the cxf-user list - my WSDL and the SOAP log. On the surface things looked like they should be working. both Daniel Kulp and Jervis Liu responded.

Jervis Liu suggested I zip up my code and post it as a JIRA incident so it could be better looked at.

I have zipped up a simplified version of my code that still shows the wrong exception being caught. I did ommit the jar files (commons-logging, cxf, etc) to reduce space - so the zip is very small ~ 115KB.

I have dummied things out - no database access or anything.

My original post is titled "Not able to catch desired Fault type" and was posted at 8:15MST on September 12.

Below is the text of the original post. I will attach my code (as I mentioned above).

Thank you - Richard Mixon

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From: Richard Mixon <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:15:46 -0700
To: <[e-mail]>
Conversation: Not able to catch desired Fault type
Subject: Not able to catch desired Fault type

I would appreciate some help trying to understand how to catch faults that are defined in my WSDL in a Java client.

My web service appears to be correctly throwing a specific Fault - MemberExistsFault - when trying to add a record and the member already exists.

However when I catch it on the client, I am not able to catch a MemberExistsFault. Instead the exception can be caught as a
javax.xml.ws.soap.SOAPFaultException
which in turn has a cause of
org.apache.cxf.binding.soap.SoapFault.

Here is what the log shows on the server:
INFO: Outbound Message
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<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
<soap:Body>
<soap:Fault>
<soap:Code>
<soap:Value>soap:Receiver</soap:Value>
</soap:Code>
<soap:Reason>
<soap:Text xml:lang ="en">
Member cannot be added, it is already in the database
</soap:Text>
</soap:Reason>
<soap:Detail>
<ns2:memberIdInfoType xmlns:ns2="http://service.webservice.acme.com/">
<emailAddress xmlns="">[e-mail]</emailAddress>
<lastName xmlns="">myLastName</lastName>
<firstName xmlns="">myFirstName3</firstName>
</ns2:memberIdInfoType>
</soap:Detail>
</soap:Fault>
</soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
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Below are the key parts of the WSDL (I can send the whole thing if necessary).

Thanks in advance - Richard

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<wsdl:definitions name="MemberServiceService"
targetNamespace="http://service.webservice.acme.com/"
xmlns:soap12="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap12/"
xmlns:ns1="http://service.webservice.acme.com/"
xmlns:tns="http://types.webservice.firedrum.com/"
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/">
<wsdl:types>
<xs:schema xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
xmlns:tns="http://types.webservice.acme.com/"
attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="unqualified"
targetNamespace="http://types.webservice.acme.com/">
...
<xs:element name="MemberIdInfo"
type="tns:MemberIdInfoType">
</xs:element>
<xs:complexType name="MemberIdInfoType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="emailAddress" type="xs:string"></xs:element>
<xs:element name="lastName" type="xs:string"></xs:element>
<xs:element name="firstName" type="xs:string"></xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:schema>
</wsdl:types>

...
<wsdl:message name="MemberExistsFault">
<wsdl:part name="MemberIdInfo" element="tns:MemberIdInfo">
</wsdl:part>
</wsdl:message>

...
<wsdl:portType name="MemberService">

<wsdl:operation name="addMember">
<wsdl:input name="addMember" message="ns1:addMember">
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output name="addMemberResponse"
message="ns1:addMemberResponse">
</wsdl:output>
<wsdl:fault name="InvalidClientFault"
message="ns1:InvalidClientFault">
</wsdl:fault>
<wsdl:fault name="MemberExistsFault"
message="ns1:MemberExistsFault">
</wsdl:fault>
<wsdl:fault name="InvalidEmailAddressFault"
message="ns1:InvalidEmailAddressFault">
</wsdl:fault>
<wsdl:fault name="CategoryNotFoundFault"
message="ns1:CategoryNotFoundFault">
</wsdl:fault>
<wsdl:fault name="CustomFieldTypeNotFoundFault"
message="ns1:CustomFieldTypeNotFoundFault">
</wsdl:fault>
<wsdl:fault name="AddMemberUnknownFault" message="ns1:AddMemberUnknownFault"></wsdl:fault>
</wsdl:operation>
</wsdl:portType>
<wsdl:binding name="MemberServiceServiceSoapBinding"
type="ns1:MemberService">
<soap12:binding style="document"
transport="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap/bindings/HTTP/" />

<wsdl:operation name="addMember">
<soap12:operation soapAction="" style="document" />
<wsdl:input name="addMember">
<soap12:body use="literal" />
</wsdl:input>
<wsdl:output name="addMemberResponse">
<soap12:body use="literal" />
</wsdl:output>
<wsdl:fault name="InvalidClientFault"/>
<wsdl:fault name="MemberExistsFault"/>
<wsdl:fault name="InvalidEmailAddressFault"/>
<wsdl:fault name="CategoryNotFoundFault"/>
<wsdl:fault name="CustomFieldTypeNotFoundFault"/>
<wsdl:fault name="AddMemberUnknownFault"/>
</wsdl:operation>
<wsdl:service name="MemberServiceService">
<wsdl:port name="MemberServicePort"
binding="ns1:MemberServiceServiceSoapBinding">
<soap12:address location="http://localhost:8080/services/MemberService" />
</wsdl:port>
</wsdl:service>
</wsdl:definitions>

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