Fault Handling in Asynchronous process

Question

Hi,
I want to know how to throw fault from an Asynchronous process to the calling process. In a synchronous process we generally throw faults using fault message in 'process' port type. But Im not sure how to throw a fault from Asynchrnous process to the calling process that can be caught in the catch block of the calling process.
Can some one update me with the feasibility of this.
Thanks,

Answer 1

Hi,
Look inside the Oracle® BPEL Process Manager Developer's Guide at http://download-uk.oracle.com/docs/cd/B31017_01/integrate.1013/b28981/faults.htm#BABIBAFC
8.8.2 Returning a Fault in an Asynchronous Interaction
In an asynchronous interaction, the client does not wait for a reply. The reply activity is not used to return a fault. Instead, the BPEL process returns a fault using a callback operation on the same port type that normally receives the requested information, with an invoke activity.
Example
    <portType name="BPELFaultHandling">
        <operation name="initiate">
            <input message="client:BPELFaultHandlingRequestMessage"/>
        </operation>
    </portType>
    <portType name="BPELFaultHandlingCallback">
        <operation name="onResult">
            <input message="client:BPELFaultHandlingResponseMessage"/>
        </operation>
        <operation name="onError">
            <input message="client:BPELFaultHandlingErrorMessage"/>
        </operation>
    </portType>On the caller side you have to use one invoke followed by a pick activity waiting for onResult or onError callback.
Best Regards,
Harald Reinmueller