Modeling fault parameters in service operations

You can model fault parameters in service operations in UML models, and then run the UML-to-WSDL transformation to transform these parameters into Web Services Description Language (WSDL) fault messages.

About this task

Typically, the UML-to-WSDL transformation generates a WSDL output message from a UML out parameter. To generate a fault message, you must set the IsException property of an out parameter to true.

You can run the transformation by invoking a UML-to-WSDL transformation configuration or by invoking a transformation that invokes the UML-to-WSDL transformation, such as the UML-to-SOA or UML-to-SCA transformation.

Procedure

In the Project Explorer view or in the diagram editor, select an out parameter of a UML operation.
In the Properties view, click the Advanced tab; then set the IsException property to true.
Click File > Save.
Run the transformation configuration: In the Project Explorer view, right-click the transformation configuration (.tc) file; then click Transform > Run UML to WSDL.
View the proposed changes in the Merge the Transformation Output window, use the controls to copy changes from left to right, and then click OK.

Results

In the target project where the transformation generated the output, open the .wsdl file that corresponds to the root package or model. Verify that the file contains a wsdl:portType tag that contains the fault message, as shown in the following excerpt:

<wsdl:portType name="Interface1">
   <wsdl:operation name="Operation1">
      <wsdl:input message="tns:Interface1Operation1Request"/>
      <wsdl:output message="tns:Interface1Operation1Response"/>
      <wsdl:fault message="tns:Interface1Operation1Parameter2" name="Operation1Fault"/>
   </wsdl:operation>

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