org.springframework.ws.soap
Interface SoapHeader

All Superinterfaces:

SoapElement

All Known Subinterfaces:

Soap11Header, Soap12Header

public interface SoapHeader
extends SoapElement

Represents the Header element in a SOAP message. A SOAP header contains SoapHeaderElements, which represent the individual headers.

Since:

1.0.0

Author:

Arjen Poutsma

See Also:

SoapHeaderElement, SoapEnvelope.getHeader()

Method Summary

SoapHeaderElement	addHeaderElement(QName name) Adds a new SoapHeaderElement with the specified qualified name to this header.
Iterator	examineAllHeaderElements() Returns an Iterator over all the SoapHeaderElements in this header.
Iterator	examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actorOrRole) Returns an Iterator over all the SoapHeaderElements that have the specified actor or role and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to true.
Result	getResult() Returns a Result that represents the concents of the header.
void	removeHeaderElement(QName name) Removes the SoapHeaderElement with the specified qualified name from this header.

Methods inherited from interface org.springframework.ws.soap.SoapElement

addAttribute, addNamespaceDeclaration, getAllAttributes, getAttributeValue, getName, getSource, removeAttribute

Method Detail

getResult

Result getResult()

Returns a Result that represents the concents of the header.

The result can be used for marshalling.

Returns:

the Result of this element

addHeaderElement

SoapHeaderElement addHeaderElement(QName name)
                                   throws SoapHeaderException

Adds a new SoapHeaderElement with the specified qualified name to this header.

Parameters:

name - the qualified name of the new header element

Returns:

the created SoapHeaderElement

Throws:

SoapHeaderException - if the header cannot be created

removeHeaderElement

void removeHeaderElement(QName name)
                         throws SoapHeaderException

Removes the SoapHeaderElement with the specified qualified name from this header.

This method will only remove the first child element with the specified name. If no element is found with the specified name, this method has no effect.

Parameters:

name - the qualified name of the header element to be removed

Throws:

SoapHeaderException - if the header cannot be removed

examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements

Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actorOrRole)
                                             throws SoapHeaderException

Returns an Iterator over all the SoapHeaderElements that have the specified actor or role and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to true.

Parameters:

actorOrRole - the actor (SOAP 1.1) or role (SOAP 1.2) for which to search

Returns:

an iterator over all the header elements that contain the specified actor/role and are marked as MustUnderstand

Throws:

SoapHeaderException - if the headers cannot be returned

See Also:

SoapHeaderElement

examineAllHeaderElements

Iterator examineAllHeaderElements()
                                  throws SoapHeaderException

Returns an Iterator over all the SoapHeaderElements in this header.

Returns:

an iterator over all the header elements

Throws:

SoapHeaderException - if the header cannot be returned

See Also:

SoapHeaderElement