The optional SOAP Fault element is used to hold error and status informatio
n for a SOAP message.
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The SOAP Fault Element
An error message from a SOAP message is carried inside a Fault element.
If a Fault element is present, it must appear as a child element of the Body
element. A Fault element can only appear once in a SOAP message.
The SOAP Fault element has the following sub elements:
Sub Element Description
<faultcode> A code for identifying the fault
<faultstring> A human readable explanation of the fault
<faultactor> Information about who caused the fault to happen
<detail> Holds application specific error information related to the
Body element
SOAP Fault Codes
The faultcode values defined below must be used in the faultcode element whe
n describing faults:
Error Description
V
ersionMismatch Found an invalid namespace for the SOAP Envelope element
MustUnderstand An immediate child element of the Header element, with the mu
stUnderstand attribute set to "1", was not understood
Client The message was incorrectly formed or contained incorrect
information
Server There was a problem with the server so the message
could not proceed
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