Fault Handler do not catch selectionFailure

Question

Following is my fault handler policy defintions:
<Conditions>
<faultName name="bpelx:remoteFault">
<condition>
<test>$fault.code/code="WSDLReadingError"</test>
<action ref="ora-rethrow-fault"/>
</condition>
<condition>
<action ref="ora-retry"/>
</condition>
</faultName>
<faultName name="bpelx:bindingFault">
<condition>
<action ref="ora-human-intervention"/>
</condition>
</faultName>
<faultName name="bpelx:runtimeFault">
<condition>
<action ref="ora-rethrow-fault"/>
</condition>
</faultName>
*<faultName xmlns:bpws="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2003/03/business-process" name="bpws:selectionFailure">*
*<condition>*
*<action ref="ora-human-intervention"/>*
*</condition>*
*</faultName>*
</Conditions>
<Actions>
<Action id="ora-human-intervention">
<humanIntervention/>
</Action>
<Action id="ora-rethrow-fault">
<rethrowFault/>
</Action>
<Action id="ora-retry">
<retry>
<retryCount>3</retryCount>
<retryInterval>120</retryInterval>
<exponentialBackoff/>
</retry>
</Action>
<Action id="ora-terminate">
<abort/>
</Action>
</Actions>
While the policy definitions are working fine for runtime faults, it is not working for selectionFailure fault. Unless I add catch block in the bpel definition, the instances are faulted. Does fault handler ignores standard faults ?
Please help. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Yes, catch and catchAll branch can catch all the faults.
fault policies will be executed only when the invoke activity fails.
if both fault policies and catch and catchall brnaches are there,
a. if invoke activity faults, then the fault policies will be executed.
b. any other activity fails, then the catch or catchAll branch will be executed.
Please look into these posts below...
http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B31017_01/core.1013/b28764/bpel010.htm
http://jianmingli.com/wp/?p=1740
http://beatechnologies.wordpress.com/tag/fault-handling-and-management-in-oracle-soa-suite-11g/
Hope this helps
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