Re: [ws-caf] Questions about section 3

["Mark Little" <mark.little@arjuna.com>]

At least in part we miss out the expected response messages in this text.

Mark.

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Mark Little,
Chief Architect, Transactions,
Arjuna Technologies Ltd.
 
www.arjuna.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Greg Pavlik" <greg.pavlik@oracle.com>
To: "Murray, Bryan P." <bryan.murray@hp.com>
Cc: <ws-caf@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 12:33 AM
Subject: Re: [ws-caf] Questions about section 3


> is the latter part of this question generically applicable to all 
> asynchronous callbacks in WS-Context?
> 
> Murray, Bryan P. wrote:
> 
> >In section 3 of WS-Context there are implications that messages are to
> >be generated by the ContextManager after it receives a message, but
> >there is no description about what specific messages are sent after
> >receiving the getContents and setContents messages.
> >
> >Figure 6 shows the possible interactions and seems to be the only
> >indication of the possible follow-up messages. After reading this
> >section it appears to be compliant for a ContextManager to send a
> >"contentsSet" message after receiving a "getContents" message. Is this
> >correct? What does this mean?
> >
> >What should be the behavior of the ContextRespondant if it receives a
> >contentsSet message without ever having sent either a getContents or
> >setContents message?
> >
> >How does the ContextManager know where to send follow-up messages? There
> >is a sentence in the introduction to section 3 talking about a
> >dereferencing call-back style, but I did not find text describing this
> >style in detail. There is a mention of call-back in section 1.2 and
> >section 1.3 talks about a referencing structure, but there is no clear
> >description of how all these parts come together to instruct the
> >ContextManager where to send follow-up messages.
> >
> >What should be the behavior of the ContextRespondant if it sends a
> >getContents message and never receives a follow-up message?
> >
> >What is the difference between the ContextRespondant and the
> >ContextResponseHandler?
> >
> >Is the ContextManager the same as the ContextService? I looked for a
> >glossary and did not find one. Section 1 does define some terms, but
> >ContextManager is not one of them.
> >
> >Which messages in section 3 must include a context SOAP header?
> >
> >Is there some length of time that a ContextRespondant should expect to
> >wait for follow-up messages? How is this defined?
> >
> >
> >Bryan
> >  
> >
> 
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