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Re: [ OPES architecture] Final Points of Discussion: Tracing

2002-05-27 10:21:00

Mark Baker wrote:

This implies that requests AND responses will travel through the "box" the language translator is running on, which is not really required since it cares only about the responses. With a callout protocol, you vector out only the responses, letting the request go through directly.

Really, a callout service only cares about responses?  So where in the
architecture, would a service that translated outbound documents go?
Why is a response-based service special?

Hm, may this did not become clear... you cannot only vector out responses, but also request, of course, or both, of course.

If a service only cares about the response, you vector out only the response. If a service only cares about the request, you vector out only the request. If a service cares about both, you vector out both (which, in this case, could also be achieved via proxy).

-Markus