Handle a single-object API error
Single-object APIs use return objects that contain a return status object of the type <MethodName>ReturnStatus, where MethodName
is the name of the API method that your application called. The following code sample shows how you can handle the single-object API errors in the createUser() method.
- Invoke the single-object API and
check to see if any errors occurred.
createUserResponse createUserResponse = coreWebService.createUser(createUserRequest);
CreateUserResult createUserResult = createUserResponse.returnValue;
if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code != CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.SUCCESS)
{
-
Verify that the error was not a server-side error. For example, the BlackBerry® Enterprise Server that hosts a component you are trying to use is unavailable.
if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.actor.ToUpper().Equals("SERVER"))
{
//notify the user that the server cannot process the request
}
- Depending on how much information or error handling you want to provide, perform one of the following actions:
- To display the error description provided by the BlackBerry® Administration API, use the message attribute.
System.Console.WriteLine(createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.message);
- To display more detailed information or instructions to your user, check for each error code that is listed in the <MethodName>ReturnStatusEnumType class in the API reference. For example, see the CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType class in the API reference for a list of error codes in the createUser() method.
if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.UNKNOWN)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.NOT_AUTHORIZED)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.RESULT_ERROR_EXISTS)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.INVALID_PARAMETER)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.TARGET_SERVICE_INSTANCE_NOT_RUNNING)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.USER_ALREADY_BLACKBERRY_ENABLED)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.COULD_NOT_ENABLE_DELETE_BLACKBERRY_USER)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.CANNOT_ADD_USER_TO_GROUP)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.CANNOT_ATTACH_ITPOLICY_TO_USER)
{
// handle error
} else if (createUserResult.createUserReturnStatus.code == CreateUserReturnStatusEnumType.CANNOT_ATTACH_SOFTWARE_CONFIGURATION_TO_USER)
{
// handle error
}
- Close the if statement.
}
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