Suppressing SoapFault Stack trace

[zurchman]

It looks like this code in SOAPFaultExceptionHandler (1.0.4.GA) will always log an ugly stack trace for Exceptions thrown by the Endpoint.

Is there some way to supress the stack trace?

In many cases, the Exception is expected, and all we're really interested in logging at the Endpoint is the fault message.

 /** Translate the request exception into a SOAPFault message.
 */
 public static SOAPMessage exceptionToFaultMessage(Exception reqEx)
 {
 // Get or create the SOAPFaultException
 SOAPFaultException faultEx;
 if (reqEx instanceof SOAPFaultException)
 {
 faultEx = (SOAPFaultException)reqEx;
 }
 else
 {
 QName faultCode = Constants.SOAP11_FAULT_CODE_CLIENT;
 String faultString = (reqEx.getMessage() != null ? reqEx.getMessage() : reqEx.toString());
 faultEx = new SOAPFaultException(faultCode, faultString, null, null);
 faultEx.initCause(reqEx);
 }
 
 Throwable faultCause = faultEx.getCause();
 log.error("SOAP request exception", faultCause != null ? faultCause : faultEx);

 ...
 }

[thomas.diesler]

AFAIK, the log is required by the spec

[zurchman]

AFAIK, the log is required by the spec

Which spec would that be?

I don't see any references to Fault logging in JSR-109 1.2.

Also, I did some quick scans and did not turn up any references to logging in the SAAJ 1.3, JAX-RPC 1.1, or JAX-WS 2.0 specs.

[elcapitan]

I'm also curious to know how to stop the logging of the stack trace, or if possible, suppress even the logging of the error message.

It seems reasonable that if the webservice is throwing an exception over the wire, to be interpreted by the client, that the (ugly and scarifying) stack trace shouldn't burl up on the AS. After all, exceptions are all about handling expected problems, and if done right shouldn't cause an interruption in program flow. Stack traces always make me feel uneasy about continuing running an application... :)

[cdreyer1]

I agree. It is very disturbing to have stack traces in the JBoss AS console. In this case the exceptions are perfectly valid.

Thomas Diesler, what about some way of turning this 'feature' off?

[thomas.diesler]

If you turn it off, how will you now that there is a problem in the endpoint? Exception logging is required by the j2ee spec.

If it bothers you too much maybe you like to contribute a patch to externalize exception handling.