Re: [wsrf] Base Faults: Originator of a Nested Fault

Katy, my interpretation was the latter but this does imply that in a chain
of BFs each BF element would replicate information available in the nested
BF. I wonder whether a better pattern would be for outer BFs to (typically)
NOT use this element (it is optional) and for it to be used only by the
original (inner-most) BF.

Regards,
Ian Robinson
STSM, WebSphere Messaging and Transactions Architect
IBM Hursley Lab, UK



                                                                           
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                                       [wsrf] Base Faults: Originator of a 
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In the case of a nested Base Fault, should the (outer-most)
OriginatorReference refer to the originator of the outer-most fault or to
the initial originator of the fault?

I assumed the former (and that you would need to burrow into the
faultCauses in order to extract the initial originator - and that this
would also enable you to extract the complete path of the fault). However,
the statement 'The outer-most fault may use this component to reference the
actual source of the fault condition' suggests the latter. Can anyone
clarify, or is the interpretation of this simply application-dependent?

Thanks
Katy