private void setFaultDetail(MessageContext synCtx, SOAPFactory factory, SOAPFault fault) { if (faultDetail != null) { SOAPFaultDetail soapFaultDetail = factory.createSOAPFaultDetail(); soapFaultDetail.setText(faultDetail); fault.setDetail(soapFaultDetail); } else if (faultDetailExpr != null) { SOAPFaultDetail soapFaultDetail = factory.createSOAPFaultDetail(); Object result = null; try { result = faultDetailExpr.evaluate(synCtx); } catch (JaxenException e) { handleException( "Evaluation of the XPath expression " + this.toString() + " resulted in an error", e); } if (result instanceof List) { List list = (List) result; for (Object obj : list) { if (obj instanceof OMNode) { soapFaultDetail.addChild((OMNode) obj); } } } else { soapFaultDetail.setText(faultDetailExpr.stringValueOf(synCtx)); } fault.setDetail(soapFaultDetail); } else if (!faultDetailElements.isEmpty()) { SOAPFaultDetail soapFaultDetail = factory.createSOAPFaultDetail(); for (OMElement faultDetailElement : faultDetailElements) { soapFaultDetail.addChild(faultDetailElement.cloneOMElement()); } fault.setDetail(soapFaultDetail); } else if (fault.getDetail() != null) { // work around for a rampart issue in the following thread // http://www.nabble.com/Access-to-validation-error-message-tf4498668.html#a13284520 fault.getDetail().detach(); } }