Multiple contexts

[Guy Pardon <guy@atomikos.com>]

Hi,

The 0.2 spec of CTX spec still has some elements that are confusing (not sure if this has been discussed before, apologies if so).

Point 1:
What happens if there are both security and transaction contexts for the same activity (if this is possible at all)?
Will they appear as two different context headers or will they be nested within each other?

Point 2:
The clarification text defines an activity as operations being executed within a valid context (or something similar) (fine). A context can only belong to one activity (fine).
But if there can be multiple contexts for one particular activity, which context is the one that actually _defines_ the activity (and, consequently, its outcome)?

Point 3:
The text also states that if a context is used to represent an activity, its context ID must be the activity ID.
This seems to suggest that an activity can exist without a context, which contradicts the activity definition from Point 2 ?

Thanks for any clarification,

Guy

Dr. Guy Pardon ( guy@atomikos.com )
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