Re: [wsrp] Issue #31: handleEvent or handleEvents?

[Subbu Allamaraju <subbu@bea.com>]

I prefer a bulk operation for events, since it allows consumers to be 
more efficient.

On 11/01/04, I started a thread on error handling issues and posted a 
proposal. Here is the link: 
http://www.oasis-open.org/apps/org/workgroup/wsrp/wsrp-coord/document.php?document_id=9885

Regards,

Subbu


Rich Thompson wrote:
> 
> This issue has been discussed under an email subject line of " [wsrp] 
> handleEvent or handleEvents?". Before tailing off, this thread came to 
> several guidelines for any solution moving this operation back to a bulk 
> character:
> 
> 1. Portlets are loosely coupled components integrated onto the page by 
> the Consumer.
> 2. Events are independent notifications that something has occurred, 
> which receiving portlets may use to impact their state.
> 3. There are times when a Consumer will care what failures have occurred 
> (e.g. for retry purposes).
> 4. Portlets should be able to indicate they also care about event 
> processing failures.
> 
> Any additional comments before we move to drafting a solution?
> 
> Rich