John Fitzpatrick [https://community.jboss.org/people/jfitzpatrick] created the discussion "Re: Custom exceptions with @WebFault" To view the discussion, visit: https://community.jboss.org/message/647717#647717 -------------------------------------------------------------- Have you tried defining the fault in your wsdl file and then using wsimport to have the JAXB artifacts generated for you? Example that I think should work: wsdl: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <definitions     name="SubtractNumbers"     targetNamespace=" http://duke.example.org http://duke.example.org"     xmlns:tns=" http://duke.example.org http://duke.example.org"     xmlns=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/ http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/"     xmlns:xsd=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"     xmlns:soap=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/ http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/wsdl/soap/">     <types>         <xsd:schema             xmlns=" http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"             targetNamespace=" http://duke.example.org http://duke.example.org"             elementFormDefault="qualified">             <complexType name="subtractNumbersResponse">                 <sequence>                     <element name="return" type="xsd:int" />                 </sequence>             </complexType>             <element name="subtractNumbersResponse" type="tns:subtractNumbersResponse"/>             <complexType name="subtractNumbers">                 <sequence>                     <element name="arg0" type="xsd:int" />                     <element name="arg1" type="xsd:int" />                 </sequence>             </complexType>             <element name="subtractNumbers" type="tns:subtractNumbers"/>             <element name="permissionDeniedFault">                 <complexType>                     <sequence>                         <element name="message" type="xsd:string"/>                     </sequence>                 </complexType>             </element>         </xsd:schema>     </types>     <message name="subtractNumbers">         <part name="parameters" element="tns:subtractNumbers" />     </message>     <message name="subtractNumbersResponse">         <part name="result" element="tns:subtractNumbersResponse" />     </message>     <message name="permissionDeniedException">         <part name="permissionDeniedFault" element="tns:permissionDeniedFault"/>     </message>     <portType name="SubtractNumbersPortType">         <operation name="subtractNumbers">             <input message="tns:subtractNumbers" />             <output message="tns:subtractNumbersResponse" />             <fault name="permissionDeniedFault" message="tns:permissionDeniedException" />         </operation>     </portType>     <binding name="SubtractNumbersBinding" type="tns:SubtractNumbersPortType">         <soap:binding transport=" http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http" style="document" />         <operation name="subtractNumbers">             <soap:operation soapAction="" />             <input>                 <soap:body use="literal" />             </input>             <output>                 <soap:body use="literal" />             </output>             <fault name="permissionDeniedFault">                 <soap:fault use="literal" name="permissionDeniedFault" />             </fault>         </operation>     </binding>     <service name="SubtractNumbersService">         <port name="SubtractNumbersPort" binding="tns:SubtractNumbersBinding">             <soap:address location="REPLACE_WITH_ACTUAL_URL" />         </port>     </service> </definitions> Generated fault/exception related artificats: @XmlAccessorType(XmlAccessType.FIELD) @XmlType(name = "", propOrder = {     "message" }) @XmlRootElement(name = "permissionDeniedFault") public class PermissionDeniedFault {     @XmlElement(required = true)     protected String message;     /**      * Gets the value of the message property.      *      * @return      *     possible object is      *     {@link String }      *          */     public String getMessage() {         return message;     }     /**      * Sets the value of the message property.      *      * @param value      *     allowed object is      *     {@link String }      *          */     public void setMessage(String value) {         this.message = value;     } } @WebFault(name = "permissionDeniedFault", targetNamespace = " http://duke.example.org http://duke.example.org") public class PermissionDeniedException     extends Exception {     /**      * Java type that goes as soapenv:Fault detail element.      *      */     private PermissionDeniedFault faultInfo;     /**      *      * @param message      * @param faultInfo      */     public PermissionDeniedException(String message, PermissionDeniedFault faultInfo) {         super(message);         this.faultInfo = faultInfo;     }     /**      *      * @param message      * @param faultInfo      * @param cause      */     public PermissionDeniedException(String message, PermissionDeniedFault faultInfo, Throwable cause) {         super(message, cause);         this.faultInfo = faultInfo;     }     /**      *      * @return      *     returns fault bean: provider.server.PermissionDeniedFault      */     public PermissionDeniedFault getFaultInfo() {         return faultInfo;     } } Implementation class: @WebService (serviceName = "SubtractNumbersService",         portName = "SubtractNumbersPort",         endpointInterface = "provider.server.SubtractNumbersPortType" ) public class  SubtractNumbersImpl {     public int subtractNumbers(int arg1, int arg2) throws PermissionDeniedException {           PermissionDeniedFault permissionDeniedFault = new PermissionDeniedFault();           permissionDeniedFault.setMessage("Your custom message here explain why permission was denied.");          throw new PermissionDeniedException("Permission denied.", permissionDeniedFault);     } } -------------------------------------------------------------- Reply to this message by going to Community [https://community.jboss.org/message/647717#647717] Start a new discussion in JBoss Web Services at Community [https://community.jboss.org/choose-container!input.jspa?contentType=1&...]