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Error Handling

Every reply from the CLIENT process includes the LightWave reply header followed by user data if the request was successful or error information if an error occurred. The reply header has the following format:

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-RP-HEADER.
  02 RP-CODE                             TYPE BINARY 16.
  02 HTTP-STATUS                         TYPE BINARY 16.
  02 INFO-CODE                           TYPE BINARY 16.
  02 INFO-DETAIL                         TYPE BINARY 16.
  02 RESERVED                            PIC X(24).
END.

The rp-code field will contain one of the following values:

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-RP-CODE-ENUM TYPE ENUM BEGIN.
  89 LW-RP-SUCCESS                         VALUE 0.
  89 LW-RP-INFO                            VALUE 1.
  89 LW-RP-ERROR                           VALUE 2.
END.

These values should be interpreted as follows:

  • If RP-CODE contains LW-RP-SUCCESS, the request was successful and user data follows the LightWave header.
  • If RP-CODE contains LW-RP-INFO, the request was successful but string field or array truncation occurred while the response was being processed. In this case the contents of the INFO-CODE and INFO-DETAIL fields will describe the condition that occurred.
  • If RP-CODE contains LW-RP-ERROR then an error occurred while processing the request.

Handling Field and Array Truncation Warnings

When RP-CODE contains LW-RP-INFO, the iNFO-CODE field will contain one of the following values:

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-INFO-CODE-ENUM TYPE ENUM BEGIN.
  89 LW-INFO-FIELD-TRUNCATED               VALUE 100.
  89 LW-INFO-ARRAY-TRUNCATED               VALUE 101.
END.

If INFO-CODE contains LW-INFO-TRUNCATED then a string value in the service response message was too long to copy to the associated string field in the reply IPM. In this case the iNFO-DETAIL field contains the IPM offset of the string field that caused the warning.

If INFO-CODE contains LW-INFO-OVERFLOW, then an array in the response message contained more elements than were defined in the associated array in the reply IPM. In this case the iNFO-DETAIL field contains the IPM offset of the array that caused the warning.

Although it is possible for multiple string or array truncations to occur in a single response, CLIENT only reports the first occurrence of the truncation.

Handling Errors

When RP-CODE contains LW-RP-ERROR, the reply IPM is formatted as a LIGHTWAVE-ERROR-RP structure which contains detailed information about the error.

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-ERROR-RP.
  02 LIGHTWAVE-RP-HEADER                 TYPE LIGHTWAVE-RP-HEADER.
  02 ERROR-SOURCE                        TYPE BINARY 32.
  02 ERROR-CODE                          TYPE BINARY 32.
  02 ERROR-SUBCODE                       TYPE BINARY 32.
  02 ERROR-MESSAGE                       PIC X(4096).
END.

The ERROR-SOURCE field contains one of the error source values and identifies the subsystem that reported the error.

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-ERROR-SRC-ENUM TYPE ENUM BEGIN.
  89 LW-ERROR-SRC-LIGHTWAVE                VALUE 1.
  89 LW-ERROR-SRC-HTTP                     VALUE 2.
  89 LW-ERROR-SRC-TCPIP                    VALUE 3.
  89 LW-ERROR-SRC-SSL                      VALUE 4.
END.

If ERROR-SOURCE contains LW-ERROR-SRC-LIGHTWAVE then ERROR-CODE will contain one of the following LIGHTWAVE-ERROR-ENUM values:

TEXT
DEF LIGHTWAVE-ERROR-ENUM TYPE ENUM BEGIN.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-LICENSE              VALUE 1.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-HEADER               VALUE 2.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-RQ-CODE              VALUE 3.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-TYPE                 VALUE 4.
  89 LW-ERROR-SERIALIZATION-ERROR          VALUE 5.
  89 LW-ERROR-DESERIALIZATION-ERROR        VALUE 6.
  89 LW-ERROR-REQUEST-TIMEOUT              VALUE 7.
  89 LW-ERROR-RESPONSE-NOT-DEFINED         VALUE 12.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-URI-SCHEME           VALUE 100.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-API-DEF              VALUE 101.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-BASE-URI             VALUE 102.
  89 LW-ERROR-INVALID-HDR-VERSION          VALUE 103.
  89 LW-ERROR-SIGNATURE-ERROR              VALUE 104.
  89 LW-ERROR-INTERNAL-ERROR               VALUE 500.
END.


The ERROR-SUBCODE and ERROR-MESSAGE fields may contain additional information.

If ERROR-SOURCE contains any other error source value, the remaining error fields provide the error codes and message reported by that subsystem.

The error source value LW-ERROR-SRC-SSL may refer to an error encountered on an SSL or TLS connection.

The error source value LW-ERROR-INVALID-TYPE is not used in will not be returned. The value has been left in the definition in order avoid affecting existing applications that may reference it.




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