extends <a href="../../../jakarta/xml/ws/WebServiceException.html" title="class in jakarta.xml.ws">WebServiceException</a></pre>
<div class="block">The <code>ProtocolException</code> class is a
  base class for exceptions related to a specific protocol binding. Subclasses
  are used to communicate protocol level fault information to clients and may
  be used on the server to control the protocol specific fault representation.</div>
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<dt><span class="simpleTagLabel">Since:</span></dt>
<dd>1.6, JAX-WS 2.0