MessageFault Class

Use the MessageFault class any time you need an in-memory SOAP fault that can be modified and used to create a SOAP message that contains the fault information.

Typically, the MessageFault class is used when implementing the IErrorHandler interface. In this case, Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) passes the MessageFault object and you use it for your specific needs (for example, you can customize the MessageFault or to log fault information). However, MessageFault can be used anywhere custom SOAP fault message handling is required.

The following code example shows the most common use of MessageFault. Both the ProvideFault and HandleError pass in a MessageFault object that can be modified and returned to the system (in the case of ProvideFault) or used to perform some custom fault-related behavior (in the case of HandleError).

In this example, the ProvideFault method converts all Exception objects into a MessageFault object that contains a FaultException<TDetail> object of type GreetingFault and returns that customized MessageFault to WCF.

#region IErrorHandler Members
public bool HandleError(Exception error)
{
  Console.WriteLine("HandleError called.");
  // Returning true indicates you performed your behavior. 
  return true;
}

// This is a trivial implementation that converts Exception to FaultException<GreetingFault>. 
public void ProvideFault(
  Exception error,
  MessageVersion ver,
  ref Message msg
)
{
  Console.WriteLine("ProvideFault called. Converting Exception to GreetingFault....");
  FaultException<GreetingFault> fe 
    = new FaultException<GreetingFault>(new GreetingFault(error.Message));
  MessageFault fault = fe.CreateMessageFault();
  msg = Message.CreateMessage(
    ver, 
    fault, 
    "http://microsoft.wcf.documentation/ISampleService/SampleMethodGreetingFaultFault"
  );
}
#endregion

.NET Framework

.NET Framework Client Profile

Portable Class Library

.NET for Windows Store apps

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

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