Chapter 28. Generic Fault Handling
Abstract
The JAX-WS specification defines two types of faults. One is a generic JAX-WS runtime exception. The other is a protocol specific class of exceptions that is thrown during message processing.
28.1. Runtime Faults
Overview
Most of the JAX-WS APIs throw a generic
javax.xml.ws.WebServiceException exception.
APIs that throw WebServiceException
Table 28.1, “APIs that Throw
WebServiceException” lists some of the JAX-WS APIs that can throw the generic WebServiceException exception.
| API | Reason |
|---|---|
Binding.setHandlerChain() | There is an error in the handler chain configuration. |
BindingProvider.getEndpointReference() | The specified class is not assigned from a W3CEndpointReference. |
Dispatch.invoke() | There is an error in the Dispatch instance's configuration or an error occurred while communicating with the service. |
Dispatch.invokeAsync() | There is an error in the Dispatch instance's configuration. |
Dispatch.invokeOneWay() | There is an error in the Dispatch instance's configuration or an error occurred while communicating with the service. |
LogicalMessage.getPayload() | An error occurred when using a supplied JAXBContext to unmarshall the payload. The cause field of the WebServiceException contains the original JAXBException. |
LogicalMessage.setPayload() | An error occurred when setting the payload of the message. If the exception is thrown when using a JAXBContext, the cause field of the WebServiceException contains the original JAXBException. |
WebServiceContext.getEndpointReference() | The specified class is not assigned from a W3CEndpointReference. |
