SOAPHeader (Java Platform SE 7 b138)

All Superinterfaces:

Element, Node, SOAPElement
```
public interface SOAPHeader
extends SOAPElement
```
A representation of the SOAP header element. A SOAP header element consists of XML data that affects the way the application-specific content is processed by the message provider. For example, transaction semantics, authentication information, and so on, can be specified as the content of a SOAPHeader object.
A SOAPEnvelope object contains an empty SOAPHeader object by default. If the SOAPHeader object, which is optional, is not needed, it can be retrieved and deleted with the following line of code. The variable se is a SOAPEnvelope object.
```
      se.getHeader().detachNode();
 
```
A SOAPHeader object is created with the SOAPEnvelope method addHeader. This method, which creates a new header and adds it to the envelope, may be called only after the existing header has been removed.
```
      se.getHeader().detachNode();
      SOAPHeader sh = se.addHeader();
 
```
A SOAPHeader object can have only SOAPHeaderElement objects as its immediate children. The method addHeaderElement creates a new HeaderElement object and adds it to the SOAPHeader object. In the following line of code, the argument to the method addHeaderElement is a Name object that is the name for the new HeaderElement object.
```
      SOAPHeaderElement shElement = sh.addHeaderElement(name);
 
```
See Also:
SOAPHeaderElement

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
  ATTRIBUTE_NODE, CDATA_SECTION_NODE, COMMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_NODE, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINED_BY, DOCUMENT_POSITION_CONTAINS, DOCUMENT_POSITION_DISCONNECTED, DOCUMENT_POSITION_FOLLOWING, DOCUMENT_POSITION_IMPLEMENTATION_SPECIFIC, DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING, DOCUMENT_TYPE_NODE, ELEMENT_NODE, ENTITY_NODE, ENTITY_REFERENCE_NODE, NOTATION_NODE, PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION_NODE, TEXT_NODE

Method Summary

Methods
Modifier and Type	Method and Description
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addHeaderElement(Name name)` Creates a new `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addHeaderElement(QName qname)` Creates a new `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified qname and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addNotUnderstoodHeaderElement(QName name)` Creates a new NotUnderstood `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addUpgradeHeaderElement(Iterator supportedSOAPURIs)` Creates a new Upgrade `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified List of supported SOAP URIs and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addUpgradeHeaderElement(String supportedSoapUri)` Creates a new Upgrade `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified supported SOAP URI and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`SOAPHeaderElement`	`addUpgradeHeaderElement(String[] supportedSoapUris)` Creates a new Upgrade `SOAPHeaderElement` object initialized with the specified array of supported SOAP URIs and adds it to this `SOAPHeader` object.
`Iterator`	`examineAllHeaderElements()` Returns an `Iterator` over all the `SOAPHeaderElement` objects in this `SOAPHeader` object.
`Iterator`	`examineHeaderElements(String actor)` Returns an `Iterator` over all the `SOAPHeaderElement` objects in this `SOAPHeader` object that have the specified actor.
`Iterator`	`examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actor)` Returns an `Iterator` over all the `SOAPHeaderElement` objects in this `SOAPHeader` object that have the specified actor and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to `true`.
`Iterator`	`extractAllHeaderElements()` Returns an `Iterator` over all the `SOAPHeaderElement` objects in this `SOAPHeader` object and detaches them from this `SOAPHeader` object.
`Iterator`	`extractHeaderElements(String actor)` Returns an `Iterator` over all the `SOAPHeaderElement` objects in this `SOAPHeader` object that have the specified actor and detaches them from this `SOAPHeader` object.

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node
detachNode, getParentElement, getValue, recycleNode, setParentElement, setValue

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element
getAttribute, getAttributeNode, getAttributeNodeNS, getAttributeNS, getElementsByTagName, getElementsByTagNameNS, getSchemaTypeInfo, getTagName, hasAttribute, hasAttributeNS, removeAttribute, removeAttributeNode, removeAttributeNS, setAttribute, setAttributeNode, setAttributeNodeNS, setAttributeNS, setIdAttribute, setIdAttributeNode, setIdAttributeNS

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node
appendChild, cloneNode, compareDocumentPosition, getAttributes, getBaseURI, getChildNodes, getFeature, getFirstChild, getLastChild, getLocalName, getNamespaceURI, getNextSibling, getNodeName, getNodeType, getNodeValue, getOwnerDocument, getParentNode, getPrefix, getPreviousSibling, getTextContent, getUserData, hasAttributes, hasChildNodes, insertBefore, isDefaultNamespace, isEqualNode, isSameNode, isSupported, lookupNamespaceURI, lookupPrefix, normalize, removeChild, replaceChild, setNodeValue, setPrefix, setTextContent, setUserData

- Method Detail
  - addHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addHeaderElement(Name name)
                                   throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this SOAPHeader object.
    
    Parameters:
    name - a Name object with the name of the new SOAPHeaderElement object
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs
    See Also:
    addHeaderElement(javax.xml.namespace.QName)
  - addHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addHeaderElement(QName qname)
                                   throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified qname and adds it to this SOAPHeader object.
    
    Parameters:
    qname - a QName object with the qname of the new SOAPHeaderElement object
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
    
    See Also:
    addHeaderElement(Name)
  - examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements
```
Iterator examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements(String actor)
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and that have a MustUnderstand attribute whose value is equivalent to true.
    In SOAP 1.2 the env:actor attribute is replaced by the env:role attribute, but with essentially the same semantics.
    
    Parameters:
    actor - a String giving the URI of the actor / role for which to search
    
    Returns:
    an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor / role and are marked as MustUnderstand
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.2
    
    See Also:
    examineHeaderElements(java.lang.String), extractHeaderElements(java.lang.String), SOAPConstants.URI_SOAP_ACTOR_NEXT
  - examineHeaderElements
```
Iterator examineHeaderElements(String actor)
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor. An actor is a global attribute that indicates the intermediate parties that should process a message before it reaches its ultimate receiver. An actor receives the message and processes it before sending it on to the next actor. The default actor is the ultimate intended recipient for the message, so if no actor attribute is included in a SOAPHeader object, it is sent to the ultimate receiver along with the message body.
    In SOAP 1.2 the env:actor attribute is replaced by the env:role attribute, but with essentially the same semantics.
    
    Parameters:
    actor - a String giving the URI of the actor / role for which to search
    
    Returns:
    an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor / role
    See Also:
    extractHeaderElements(java.lang.String), SOAPConstants.URI_SOAP_ACTOR_NEXT
  - extractHeaderElements
```
Iterator extractHeaderElements(String actor)
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object that have the specified actor and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object.
    This method allows an actor to process the parts of the SOAPHeader object that apply to it and to remove them before passing the message on to the next actor.
    In SOAP 1.2 the env:actor attribute is replaced by the env:role attribute, but with essentially the same semantics.
    
    Parameters:
    actor - a String giving the URI of the actor / role for which to search
    
    Returns:
    an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects that contain the specified actor / role
    See Also:
    examineHeaderElements(java.lang.String), SOAPConstants.URI_SOAP_ACTOR_NEXT
  - addNotUnderstoodHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addNotUnderstoodHeaderElement(QName name)
                                                throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new NotUnderstood SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified name and adds it to this SOAPHeader object. This operation is supported only by SOAP 1.2.
    
    Parameters:
    name - a QName object with the name of the SOAPHeaderElement object that was not understood.
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs.
    
    UnsupportedOperationException - if this is a SOAP 1.1 Header.
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - addUpgradeHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addUpgradeHeaderElement(Iterator supportedSOAPURIs)
                                          throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new Upgrade SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified List of supported SOAP URIs and adds it to this SOAPHeader object. This operation is supported on both SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 header.
    
    Parameters:
    supportedSOAPURIs - an Iterator object with the URIs of SOAP versions supported.
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs.
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - addUpgradeHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addUpgradeHeaderElement(String[] supportedSoapUris)
                                          throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new Upgrade SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified array of supported SOAP URIs and adds it to this SOAPHeader object. This operation is supported on both SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 header.
    
    Parameters:
    supportedSoapUris - an array of the URIs of SOAP versions supported.
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs.
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - addUpgradeHeaderElement
```
SOAPHeaderElement addUpgradeHeaderElement(String supportedSoapUri)
                                          throws SOAPException
```
    Creates a new Upgrade SOAPHeaderElement object initialized with the specified supported SOAP URI and adds it to this SOAPHeader object. This operation is supported on both SOAP 1.1 and SOAP 1.2 header.
    
    Parameters:
    supportedSoapUri - the URI of SOAP the version that is supported.
    
    Returns:
    the new SOAPHeaderElement object that was inserted into this SOAPHeader object
    
    Throws:
    
    SOAPException - if a SOAP error occurs.
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.3
  - examineAllHeaderElements
```
Iterator examineAllHeaderElements()
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object.
    
    Returns:
    an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects contained by this SOAPHeader
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.2
    
    See Also:
    extractAllHeaderElements()
  - extractAllHeaderElements
```
Iterator extractAllHeaderElements()
```
    Returns an Iterator over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects in this SOAPHeader object and detaches them from this SOAPHeader object.
    
    Returns:
    an Iterator object over all the SOAPHeaderElement objects contained by this SOAPHeader
    Since:
    
    SAAJ 1.2
    
    See Also:
    examineAllHeaderElements()

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Interface SOAPHeader

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Summary

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.SOAPElement

Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.soap.Node

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Element

Methods inherited from interface org.w3c.dom.Node

Method Detail

addHeaderElement

addHeaderElement

examineMustUnderstandHeaderElements

examineHeaderElements

extractHeaderElements

addNotUnderstoodHeaderElement

addUpgradeHeaderElement

addUpgradeHeaderElement

addUpgradeHeaderElement

examineAllHeaderElements

extractAllHeaderElements