Hi

I'm having trouble extracting SOAPFault Code and Reson values (string) in an orchestration, thrown by a java web service (SOAP 1.2).

Steps:

1. Send port is configured with Propagate Fault Message = true
2. I'm using a Scope and Catch-shape to catch BTS.soap_envelope_1__2.Fault (variable sf)
   
3. When BTS.soap_envelope_1__2.Fault is cought (I see that it is, in the event viewer), since sf is a variable, I create a new message of type BTS.soap_envelope_1__2.Fault (also tried with message of type XmlDocument) and make it equal to sf (msgSoapFault = sf;). I also confirmed that msgSoapFault contains the same value as sf since I studied it in my debug output.
4. I use following expression to extract Code and Reason from msgSoapFault:

strSoapFaultCode = xpath(msgSoapFault, "/*[local-name()='Fault' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/*[local-name()='Code' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/*[local-name()='Value' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/text()");
strSoapFaultReason = xpath(msgSoapFault, "/*[local-name()='Fault' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/*[local-name()='Reason' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/*[local-name()='Text' and namespace-uri()='http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope']/text()");

In my debug output I see that strSoapFaultCode and strSoapFaultReason are empty. The orchestration also throws NullReferenceException since I'm trying to compare strSoapFaultCode with a string: strSoapFaultCode.Contains("soap:Sender").

I know that my XPath is correct, I have tested it against the SOAPFault message manually. This is the SOAPFault that I catch in step 2:

<soap:Fault xmlns:soap="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap:Code>
    <soap:Value>soap:Sender</soap:Value>
    <soap:Subcode>
      <soap:Value>IllegalString</soap:Value>
    </soap:Subcode>
  </soap:Code>
  <soap:Reason>
    <soap:Text xml:lang="en">Random text</soap:Text>
  </soap:Reason>
</soap:Fault>

Notes: The whole process is an exact replica of post http://masteringbiztalkserver.wordpress.com/2010/11/21/catching-soap-faults-from-wcf-service-in-biztalk-orchestration/.

I have also studied forum post at http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/d8d771bf-cc81-4f22-b19c-a01bbe5f5a1d/how-to-catch-and-process-soap-faults-when-consuming-wcf-service-in-orchestration?forum=biztalkgeneral

I appreciate any form of help.

Kind regards

A.H.

Have you checked on the variable scopes.

Nope. IMHO your XPATH sytax is NOT Correct. For the XPATH to work correctly in the orchestration you should use

stringVar = xpath(message, "string(<the XPATH>)");

The /*[local-name()=' ' and namespace-uri()=' '/text() still returns a XML Node of type #text and not the value.

Regards.