CF8 Webservice error handling

Question

As my title tells you, I have a problem regarding error
handling in webservices.
I've set up an application.cfc where I've implemented
generalised error handling.
Whenever a coldfusion error occurs, this is the place the
error would be caught and properly handled.
I.E.: Don't give the whole stacktrace and the raw coldfusion
error message.
The problem is that, in the case of a SOAP request, the whole
onError method seems to be discarded.
It won't invoke this method. I've tested this using a
<cflog in the onError method.
Sometimes even, when the schema is incorrect it generates an
AXIS exception.
But there's no real way in coldfusion to catch or even handle
this exception.
Does anyone else know about a way to do this in coldfusion?
How can I catch those exceptions on my server and properly
handle them before returning the SOAP fault envelope?

Answer 1

We are implementing synchronus web services(proxy to web services) to sync master data with the external systems
In the above scenario it will be better to intimate the error details to the source system, i.e. option 2.....this will ensure that the source system application (developers/ monitors) are aware that something has gone wrong while processing data in the target.
Option 2. Send the the fault message(system error) to the source let the source system fail the message by not handling
the error, so that you get the alert with the stsndard alert configuration
Ultimately it is the business requirement which needs to be followed.....how does the business want to handle it....is the error required at the source
Regards,
Abhishek.