Interface SOAPHeaderElement

All Superinterfaces:
Element, Node, Node, SOAPElement

public interface SOAPHeaderElement
extends SOAPElement

An object representing the contents in the SOAP header part of the SOAP envelope. The immediate children of a SOAPHeader object can be represented only as SOAPHeaderElement objects.

A SOAPHeaderElement object can have other SOAPElement objects as its children.

  • Method Details

    • setActor

      void setActor​(String actorURI)
      Sets the actor associated with this SOAPHeaderElement object to the specified actor. The default value of an actor is: SOAPConstants.URI_SOAP_ACTOR_NEXT
      Parameters:
      actorURI - a String giving the URI of the actor to set
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is a problem in setting the actor.
      See Also:
      getActor()
    • getActor

      String getActor()
      Returns the uri of the actor associated with this SOAPHeaderElement object.
      Returns:
      a String giving the URI of the actor
      See Also:
      setActor(java.lang.String)
    • setMustUnderstand

      void setMustUnderstand​(boolean mustUnderstand)
      Sets the mustUnderstand attribute for this SOAPHeaderElement object to be on or off.

      If the mustUnderstand attribute is on, the actor who receives the SOAPHeaderElement must process it correctly. This ensures, for example, that if the SOAPHeaderElement object modifies the message, that the message is being modified correctly.

      Parameters:
      mustUnderstand - true to set the mustUnderstand attribute on; false to turn if off
      Throws:
      IllegalArgumentException - if there is a problem in setting the actor.
      See Also:
      getMustUnderstand()
    • getMustUnderstand

      boolean getMustUnderstand()
      Returns whether the mustUnderstand attribute for this SOAPHeaderElement object is turned on.
      Returns:
      true if the mustUnderstand attribute of this SOAPHeaderElement object is turned on; false otherwise