javax.xml.soap
Interface SOAPHeader

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Node, SOAPElement

public interface SOAPHeader
extends SOAPElement

A representation of the SOAP header element. A SOAP header element consists of XML data that affects the way the application-specific content is processed by the message provider. For example, transaction semantics, authentication information, and so on, can be specified as the content of a SOAPHeader object. A SOAPEnvelope object contains an empty SOAPHeader object by default. If the SOAPHeader object, which is optional, is not needed, it can be retrieved and deleted with the following line of code. The variable se is a SOAPEnvelope object. se.getHeader().detachNode(); A SOAPHeader object is created with the SOAPEnvelope method addHeader. This method, which creates a new header and adds it to the envelope, may be called only after the existing header has been removed. se.getHeader().detachNode(); SOAPHeader sh = se.addHeader(); A SOAPHeader object can have only SOAPHeaderElement objects as its immediate children. The method addHeaderElement creates a new HeaderElement object and adds it to the SOAPHeader object. In the following line of code, the argument to the method addHeaderElement is a Name object that is the name for the new HeaderElement object. SOAPHeaderElement shElement = sh.addHeaderElement(name);

Version:

$Revision: 1.1.8.2 $

Author:

Scott.Stark@jboss.org

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

SOAPHeaderElement	addHeaderElement(Name name) Creates a new SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this SOAPHeader object.
Iterator	examineAllHeaderElements() Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object.
Iterator	examineHeaderElements(String actor) Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor.
Iterator	examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actor) Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to true.
Iterator	extractAllHeaderElements() Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object.
Iterator	extractHeaderElements(String actor) Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement

addAttribute, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addChildElement, addNamespaceDeclaration, addTextNode, getAllAttributes, getAttributeValue, getChildElements, getChildElements, getElementName, getEncodingStyle, getNamespacePrefixes, getNamespaceURI, getVisibleNamespacePrefixes, removeAttribute, removeContents, removeNamespaceDeclaration, setEncodingStyle

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node

detachNode, getParentElement, getValue, recycleNode, setParentElement, setValue

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

Method Detail

addHeaderElement

SOAPHeaderElement addHeaderElement(Name name)
                                   throws SOAPException

Creates a new SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this SOAPHeader object.

Parameters:

name - a Name object with the name of the new SOAPHeaderElement object

Returns:

the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object

Throws:

SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs

examineAllHeaderElements

Iterator examineAllHeaderElements()

Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object.

Returns:

an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects contained by this SOAPHeader

examineHeaderElements

Iterator examineHeaderElements(String actor)

Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor. An actor is a global attribute that indicates the intermediate parties that should process a message before it reaches its ultimate receiver. An actor receives the message and processes it before sending it on to the next actor. The default actor is the ultimate intended recipient for the message, so if no actor attribute is included in a SOAPHeader object, it is sent to the ultimate receiver along with the message body.

Parameters:

actor - a String giving the URI of the actor for which to search

Returns:

an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor and are marked as MustUnderstand

examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements

Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actor)

Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to true.

Parameters:

actor - a String giving the URI of the actor for which to search

Returns:

an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor and are marked as MustUnderstand

extractAllHeaderElements

Iterator extractAllHeaderElements()

Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object.

Returns:

an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects contained by this SOAPHeader

extractHeaderElements

Iterator extractHeaderElements(String actor)

Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object. This method allows an actor to process the parts of the SOAPHeader object that apply to it and to remove them before passing the message on to the next actor.

Parameters:

actor - a String giving the URI of the actor for which to search

Returns:

an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor and are marked as MustUnderstand