RE: [ebxml-dev] Error Handling

[Dick Brooks <dick@tech-comm.com>]

IMO, the ebMS v1.0 spec contains an extension capability within the Error
element that allows developers to specify their own errorCodes.  Section
8.8.3.1 contains a description of the codeContext attribute, where it states
the following:

"8.8.3.1	codeContext attribute
The REQUIRED codeContext attribute identifies the namespace or scheme for
the errorCodes.  It MUST be a URI.  Its default value is
http://www.ebxml.org/messageServiceErrors.  If it does not have the default
value, then it indicates that an implementation of this specification has
used its own errorCodes.
Use of non-ebXML values for errorCodes is NOT RECOMMENDED.  In addition, an
implementation of this specification MUST NOT use its own errorCodes if an
existing errorCode as defined in this section has the same or very similar
meaning."

I interpret this to mean you can use your own errorCodes within an Error
element "AS LONG AS":
 - the codeContext attribute identifies the namespace or scheme for the
errorCodes
AND
- there is no equivalent or similar errorCode defined within ebXML for the
error you're reporting.

I use the codeContext attribute to identify the "error handler" to invoke in
order to properly process errors.


Dick Brooks
Systrends, Inc
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-----Original Message-----
From: Battenberg, Reinier
[mailto:Reinier.Battenberg@mbcac.Mercedes-Benz.com]
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2002 11:46 AM
To: 'ebxml-dev@lists.ebxml.org'
Subject: [ebxml-dev] Error Handling


Hi,

We are implementing an ebXML 1.0 solution (only the messaging part of it),
and found out that two development teams interpreted the Error handling a
bit different. One team states that if an Error occurs inside one of the two
involved applications, you can use ebXML errorhandling (so it is allowed to
add an ErrorList in the reply), the other teams says that you can only use
the ErrorList if there is an error in the ebXML Message itself (ill
formatting, invalid values eg). If you want to do errorhandling of the
Business Process itself, you need to define your own errormessages and point
your Manifest towards them.

Who is right?

Rgds,

Reinier Battenberg
Senior IT Developer
Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistance Center N.V.
Maastricht, The Netherlands

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