CA eTrust SiteMinder Developer's Guide for Java

Result ClassInterpret a Result ObjectEach result object and its Facility/Severity/Status combination are representedby a unique value. These unique values are associated with predefinedconstants defined in the SmApiResult class—for example,SERVER_CONFIGURATION_FAILURE.To determine the Facility/Severity/Status information for a result, you cancall the equals() method to compare the returned SmApiResult object with theresult constants.■■Facility: FACILITY_CONNECTIONSeverity: SEVERITY_ERROR■ Status: 4■Message: Unable to get server configurationYou can output a result object as a string—for example, you can generate aresult string by calling toString() on the SmApiResult object.A result string has five space-separated name/value pairs in the followingformat:[facility=facility severity=severity reason=reasonstatus=statusCode message=message]For example, suppose you call toString() for an SmApiResult object that occursbecause a user attempted to create a password with fewer than the minimumnumber of alphabetic characters. The method might return a result string thatlooks like this:[facility=4 severity=3 reason=1008 status=13 message=nArg=1,Arg1=3]The fields in the result have the following meanings:■■■facility=4. The result originated on the server.severity=3. The result is an error.reason=1008. The error occurred because the requested password hasfewer than the minimum number of alphabetic characters required forpasswords.28 Developer's Guide for Java