125039 - SOAP needs descriptive error messageS.

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Core :: XML, defect)

Description

[Ray Whitmer]

There are currently a huge number of error messages that can cause the encoders
or other parts of the SOAP mechanism to fail with NS_ERROR_FAILURE or a few
equally-nondescript failure codes.  Each specific error return must store an
explicit description of the failure which can be returned via the xpcom
exception mechanism.  This is a lot of quite-routine work, which should not
introduce bugs.  It will also make the code somewhat more readable.  The
messages may not require localization, since they are primarily for programmers.

Comment 1

[Ray Whitmer]

Errors which are commonly causable by external failures now all have descriptive
messages via a new nsSOAPException mechanism.