- From: Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
- Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2001 15:44:07 +0000
- To: Dan Gunter <dkgunter@lbl.gov>
- CC: xml-dist-app@w3.org
Dan Gunter wrote:
> I have a simple question: do these hierarchical fault codes have any
> well-defined semantics?
>
Only that child codes specialise their parents. e.g.
<soap:Fault xmlns:soap='http://www.w3.org/2001/09/soap-envelope' >
<faultcode value='soap:Reciever' >
<faultcode xmlns:app='http://example.org/apps' value='app:SomeError' />
</faultcode>
</soap:Fault>
would mean that "app:someError" is a subcategory of "soap:Receiver".
> Could I express a stack trace with them? Could I
> also just present the same error in 5 languages? Could I express failure
> with possibility for retry vs. failure with no retry?
>
The "detail" fault element would be a more appropriate place for this
kind of information I think.
I agree that the the "top" element in the faultcode tree should be
something standardised in the specification.
Regards,
Marc
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Marc Hadley <marc.hadley@sun.com>
XML Technology Centre, Sun Microsystems.
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