diff -r 88b85470e72c -r f50545b5e2f1 src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/addressing/WsaActionUtil.java
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+++ b/src/share/jaxws_classes/com/sun/xml/internal/ws/addressing/WsaActionUtil.java	Tue Mar 06 16:09:35 2012 -0800
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+/*
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+
+package com.sun.xml.internal.ws.addressing;
+
+import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.model.CheckedException;
+import com.sun.xml.internal.ws.api.model.JavaMethod;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rama Pulavarthi
+ */
+public class WsaActionUtil {
+    public static final String getDefaultFaultAction(JavaMethod method, CheckedException ce) {
+        String tns = method.getOwner().getTargetNamespace();
+        String delim = getDelimiter(tns);
+        if (tns.endsWith(delim))
+            tns = tns.substring(0, tns.length() - 1);
+
+        //this assumes that fromjava case there won't be a standard fault name.
+        String name = method.getOperationName() + delim + "Fault" + delim + ce.getExceptionClass();
+
+        return new StringBuilder(tns).append(delim).append(
+                method.getOwner().getPortTypeName().getLocalPart()).append(
+                delim).append(method.getOperationName()).append(delim).append("Fault").append(delim).append(ce.getExceptionClass().getSimpleName()).toString();
+    }
+
+    private static final String getDelimiter(String tns) {
+        String delim = "/";
+        // TODO: is this the correct way to find the separator ?
+        try {
+            URI uri = new URI(tns);
+            if ((uri.getScheme() != null) && uri.getScheme().equalsIgnoreCase("urn"))
+                delim = ":";
+        } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+            LOGGER.warning("TargetNamespace of WebService is not a valid URI");
+        }
+        return delim;
+    }
+    private static final Logger LOGGER =
+            Logger.getLogger(WsaActionUtil.class.getName());
+}