Re: [ws-caf] Questions about section 3

[Greg Pavlik <greg.pavlik@oracle.com>]

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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