Robert,
This should work as the exception class is getting passed in the faultDetails: <ns2:exceptionName xmlns:ns2="http://xml.apache.org/axis/";> com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHException </ns2:exceptionName> Do you have this class available on the client side? If not, Axis will just create an AxisFault instead of a fault of this class. NOTE: We currently do not pass along the exception data ("psycho monkey"). -- Tom Jordahl Macromedia -----Original Message----- From: Robert Herold [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 23, 2002 7:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: service specific exception - HOWTO? How do I make a service that throws a service-specific exception, and make a java client that can catch that exception? I wrote a very simple test case (see below). The fault transmitted on the wire seems to be OK (see response, captured by TCPMon, at the end of this message), but the axis client code does not throw my service specific exception - it only throws an AxisFault. Has anyone been able to do this? If so, how? The details: I am using Tomcat 4.0.4, Axis Beta 3 on Windows XP. I compiled the interface, then ran java2wsdl to get the wsdl, then wsdl2java to get the client stub/service/servicelocator classes. The service is very simple: public interface BobH extends java.rmi.Remote { public void throwException() throws BobHException,java.rmi.RemoteException; } and public class BobHSoapBindingImpl implements BobH { public void throwException() throws BobHException { throw new BobHException("psycho monkey"); } } and public class BobHException extends Exception { public BobHException (String msg) { super(msg); } } On the client side: public class BobHExceptionTest { public static void main(String[] args) { try { BobH b = new BobHServiceLocator().getBobH(); b.throwException(); } catch (BobHException be) { System.out.println("got it, msg is " + be.getMessage()); System.out.println("exception class name is " + be.getClass().getName()); } catch (Exception e) { System.out.println("Didn't get it"); System.out.println("exception class name is " + e.getClass().getName()); } } } Running this, I get: - Mapping Exception to AxisFault AxisFault faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}Server.generalException faultString: psycho monkey faultActor: null faultDetail: exceptionName: com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHException stackTrace: AxisFault faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}Server.generalException faultString: psycho monkey faultActor: null faultDetail: exceptionName: com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHException psycho monkey at com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHSoapBindingImpl.throwExcepti on(BobHSoapBindingImpl.java:87) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl. ### rest of stack trace omitted ### psycho monkey at org.apache.axis.message.SOAPFaultBuilder.endElement(SOAPFaultBuilder. java:135) ### more omitted stack trace ### at org.apache.axis.client.Call.invoke(Call.java:1251) at com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHSoapBindingStub.throwExcepti on(BobHSoapBindingStub.java:121) at com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHExceptionTest.main(BobHExcep tionTest.java:27) Didn't get it exception class name is org.apache.axis.AxisFault The generated WSDL is: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <wsdl:definitions targetNamespace="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com"; xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; xmlns:wsdlsoap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/"; xmlns:apachesoap="http://xml.apache.org/xml-soap"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:intf="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com"; xmlns:wsdl="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"; xmlns:impl="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com-impl"; xmlns="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/";> <wsdl:types> <schema xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; targetNamespace="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com";> <import namespace="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"/> <complexType name="BobHException"> <sequence/> </complexType> <element name="BobHException" nillable="true" type="intf:BobHException"/> </schema> </wsdl:types> <wsdl:message name="throwExceptionRequest"> </wsdl:message> <wsdl:message name="BobHException"> <wsdl:part name="fault" type="intf:BobHException"/> </wsdl:message> <wsdl:message name="throwExceptionResponse"> </wsdl:message> <wsdl:portType name="BobH"> <wsdl:operation name="throwException"> <wsdl:input name="throwExceptionRequest" message="intf:throwExceptionRequest"/> <wsdl:output name="throwExceptionResponse" message="intf:throwExceptionResponse"/> <wsdl:fault name="BobHException" message="intf:BobHException"/> </wsdl:operation> </wsdl:portType> <wsdl:binding name="BobHSoapBinding" type="intf:BobH"> <wsdlsoap:binding style="rpc" transport="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http"/> <wsdl:operation name="throwException"> <wsdlsoap:operation soapAction=""/> <wsdl:input name="throwExceptionRequest"> <wsdlsoap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; namespace="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com"/> </wsdl:input> <wsdl:output name="throwExceptionResponse"> <wsdlsoap:body use="encoded" encodingStyle="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"; namespace="http://bobh.webservices.test.cotagesoft.com"/> </wsdl:output> </wsdl:operation> </wsdl:binding> <wsdl:service name="BobHService"> <wsdl:port name="BobH" binding="intf:BobHSoapBinding"> <wsdlsoap:address location="http://localhost:8080/bobh/services/BobH"/> </wsdl:port> </wsdl:service> </wsdl:definitions> The response, captured by TCPMon, is: HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8 Connection: close Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 22:54:56 GMT Server: Apache Tomcat/4.0.4 (HTTP/1.1 Connector) <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/"; xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"; xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> <soapenv:Body> <soapenv:Fault> <faultcode xmlns:ns1="http://xml.apache.org/axis/";>ns1:Server.generalException</faultco de> <faultstring>psycho monkey</faultstring> <detail> <ns2:exceptionName xmlns:ns2="http://xml.apache.org/axis/";>com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh .BobHException</ns2:exceptionName> <ns3:stackTrace xmlns:ns3="http://xml.apache.org/axis/";>AxisFault
 faultCode: {http://xml.apache.org/axis/}Server.generalException
 faultString: psycho monkey
 faultActor: null
 faultDetail: 
 exceptionName: com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHException
 
 psycho monkey
 at com.cotagesoft.test.webservices.bobh.BobHSoapBindingImpl.throwException(BobH SoapBindingImpl.java:87)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 ### more omitted stack trace ### at org.apache.catalina.connector.http.HttpProcessor.run(HttpProcessor.java:1125 )
 at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536)
 </ns3:stackTrace> </detail> </soapenv:Fault> </soapenv:Body> </soapenv:Envelope> ---------- Robert Herold Cotagesoft, Inc. 650 474 9013 x808
