IllegalArgumentException in processing server exceptions on client side

[Jim Cross <ji...@jimcross.com>]

I'm running SOAP 2.2 with WebLogic 6.1 SP2.

Whenever an exception gets generated on the server side, the fault 
information is not processed correctly on the client side.

The problem is in the unmarshall code of Fault.

The problem is this:


String namespaceURI = tempEl.getNamespaceURI();
// other code

if (namespaceURI == null
           || namespaceURI.equals(Constants.NS_URI_SOAP_ENV))
{

// do logic to retrieve fault code and other fault information
// this code never executes because namespaceURI is zero length string not null

}
// therefore faultCodeEl  is null
  if (faultCodeEl != null)
       {
         String faultCode = DOMUtils.getChildCharacterData(faultCodeEl);

         fault.setFaultCode(faultCode);
       }
       else
       {
// this exception gets thrown
         throw new IllegalArgumentException("A '" + Constants.Q_ELEM_FAULT +
                                            "' element must contain a: '" +
                                            Constants.ELEM_FAULT_CODE +
                                            "' element.");
       }

Any ideas?

Jim Cross
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