SOAP Fault and HTTP error

[Oliver Wulff <ow...@progress.com>]

Hi there

I had in mind (due to discussions years ago) that HTTP error 200 should be used to return a SOAP fault. I noticed that CXF returns 500 instead.

I've checked the soap 1.1 spec which says that http error 500 should be used when the web service returns a soap fault. Also the WS-I BP doesn't define something else.

Any ideas?

Thanks
Oli

RE: SOAP Fault and HTTP error

["KARR, DAVID (ATTSI)" <dk...@att.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Oliver Wulff [mailto:owulff@progress.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 4:02 AM
> To: users@cxf.apache.org
> Subject: SOAP Fault and HTTP error
> 
> Hi there
> 
> I had in mind (due to discussions years ago) that HTTP error 200
should
> be used to return a SOAP fault. I noticed that CXF returns 500
instead.
> 
> I've checked the soap 1.1 spec which says that http error 500 should
be
> used when the web service returns a soap fault. Also the WS-I BP
> doesn't define something else.
> 
> Any ideas?

I imagine several people mouthed the same response of "were you asking a
question?" :)

The behavior of CXF is correct.  This is a common mistake made in "ad
hoc" or older Soap service handlers.  It's also common to handle this
incorrectly in the client handler (dropping the Soap fault on the
floor).  That's why we use frameworks.