Annotation Interface FaultAction


@Documented @Retention(RUNTIME) @Target(METHOD) public @interface FaultAction
The FaultAction annotation is used inside an Action annotation to allow an explicit association of a WS-Addressing Action message addressing property with the fault messages of the WSDL operation mapped from the exception class.

The wsam:Action attribute value in the fault message in the generated WSDL operation mapped for className class is equal to the corresponding value in the FaultAction. For the exact computation of wsam:Action values for the fault messages, refer to the algorithm in the Jakarta XML Web Services specification.

Example 1: Specify explicit values for Action message addressing property for the input, output and fault message if the Java method throws only one service specific exception.

 @WebService(targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers")
  public class AddNumbersImpl {
    @Action(
         fault = {
             @FaultAction(className=AddNumbersException.class, value="http://example.com/faultAction")
         })
     public int addNumbers(int number1, int number2)
         throws AddNumbersException {
         return number1 + number2;
     }
 }
 
The generated WSDL looks like:
 
   <definitions targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers" ...>
     ...
     <portType name="AddNumbersPortType">
       <operation name="AddNumbers">
         ...
         <fault message="tns:AddNumbersException" name="AddNumbersException"
           wsam:Action="http://example.com/faultAction"/>
       </operation>
     </portType>
     ...
   </definitions> 
 

Example 2: Here is an example that shows if the explicit value for Action message addressing property for the service specific exception is not present.

 @WebService(targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers")
  public class AddNumbersImpl {
     public int addNumbers(int number1, int number2)
         throws AddNumbersException {
         return number1 + number2;
     }
  }
 
The generated WSDL looks like:

   <definitions targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers" ...>
     ...
     <portType name="AddNumbersPortType">
       <operation name="AddNumbers">
         ...
         <fault message="tns:addNumbersFault" name="InvalidNumbers"
           wsam:Action="http://example.com/numbers/AddNumbersPortType/AddNumbers/Fault/AddNumbersException"/>
       </operation>
     </portType>
     ...
   </definitions>
 

Example 3: Here is an example that shows how to specify explicit values for Action message addressing property if the Java method throws more than one service specific exception.

 @WebService(targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers")
  public class AddNumbersImpl {
    @Action(
         fault = {
             @FaultAction(className=AddNumbersException.class, value="http://example.com/addFaultAction"),
             @FaultAction(className=TooBigNumbersException.class, value="http://example.com/toobigFaultAction")
         })
     public int addNumbers(int number1, int number2)
         throws AddNumbersException, TooBigNumbersException {
         return number1 + number2;
     }
  }
 
The generated WSDL looks like:
 
   <definitions targetNamespace="http://example.com/numbers" ...>
     ...
     <portType name="AddNumbersPortType">
       <operation name="AddNumbers">
         ...
         <fault message="tns:addNumbersFault" name="AddNumbersException"
           wsam:Action="http://example.com/addFaultAction"/>
         <fault message="tns:tooBigNumbersFault" name="TooBigNumbersException"
           wsam:Action="http://example.com/toobigFaultAction"/>
       </operation>
     </portType>
     ...
   </definitions>
 
Since:
1.6, JAX-WS 2.1
  • Required Element Summary

    Required Elements
    Modifier and Type
    Required Element
    Description
    Class<? extends Exception>
    Name of the exception class.
  • Optional Element Summary

    Optional Elements
    Modifier and Type
    Optional Element
    Description
    Value of WS-Addressing Action message addressing property for the exception.
  • Element Details

    • className

      Class<? extends Exception> className
      Name of the exception class.
      Returns:
      the name of the exception class
    • value

      String value
      Value of WS-Addressing Action message addressing property for the exception.
      Returns:
      WS-Addressing Action message addressing property for the exception
      Default:
      ""