SOAPHandler (Java SE 9 & JDK 9 )
Keywords: javax.xml.ws.handler.soap.SOAPHandler interface

Module java.xml.ws
Package javax.xml.ws.handler.soap

## Interface SOAPHandler<T extends SOAPMessageContext>

- Type Parameters:
    `T` - message context
  All Superinterfaces:
    `Handler<T>`

      public interface SOAPHandler<T extends SOAPMessageContext>
      extends Handler<T>

  The `SOAPHandler` class extends `Handler` to provide typesafety for the message context parameter and add a method to obtain access to the headers that may be processed by the handler.
  Since:
    1.6, JAX-WS 2.0

- - ### Method Summary

    All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
    Modifier and Type | Method | Description
    --- | --- | ---
    `Set<QName>` | `getHeaders​()` | Gets the header blocks that can be processed by this Handler instance.

    - ### Methods inherited from interface javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler

      `close, handleFault, handleMessage`

- - ### Method Detail

    - #### getHeaders

          Set<QName> getHeaders​()

      Gets the header blocks that can be processed by this Handler instance.
      Returns:
        Set of `QNames` of header blocks processed by this handler instance. `QName` is the qualified name of the outermost element of the Header block.