Questions about section 3

["Murray, Bryan P." <bryan.murray@hp.com>]

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