Thanks David. I didn’t think of leveraging another service to
make the Message available in messaging systems. I think it would be better to
have just one request sent to the messaging system. More like what Pim
suggested.
~Makesh
From: David RR Webber
(XML) [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2010 7:01 AM
To: Makesh Rao (marao)
Cc:
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Pull'ing a specific document
Makesh,
Actually I was suggesting two approaches. One is just the
traditional backend application UserMessage - but the other is using a hybrid
approach with a messaging queue and messaging service.
I've used this in production for a Grants.gov application built
for NIH.
The actual messages packages are quite large - combination of XML
and PDF attachments - so the original submission goes into the queue. The
delivery system then allows external systems to query for messages waiting in
the queue (actually this is a webservice via SOAP - but can easily be via ebMS
too).
Having downloaded the current messages in the queue stack - then
the external system issues requests to the messaging service - and it goes and
gets those from the queue and delivers them.
Thanks, DW
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Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Pull'ing a specific document
From: "Makesh Rao (marao)" <>
Date: Mon, March 29, 2010 9:12 pm
To: "David RR Webber (XML)" <>
Cc: <>
Hi David
So this will need to be a UserMessage rather than a Pull
SignalMessage ? Backend implementation is something we have solution for, it
was more on how to get the request for a particular package when Pulling data.
Thanks
Makesh
From: David RR Webber (XML) [mailto:]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2010 5:35 PM
To: Makesh Rao (marao)
Cc:
Subject: RE: [ebxml-msg] Pull'ing a specific document
Makesh,
This sounds a bit like interfacing with an RSS server.
Otherwise this functionality is typically backend application enabled -
from the payload - rather than the messaging system.
I know in RSS world people can pull delivery packages out of
sequence - so priority items, or priority customers get handled first.
I assume something similar to that is what they are looking - so
it would require some customization involving a delivery queue - in combination
with the messaging server - so that you instruct the queue to peel a package
off and route it to the AS4 server for dispatch. So the first thing you
get is a notification of a package having been added to the queue - its size,
priority and its queue id # - and then you issue a request message back to the
server - and it releases it from the queue at that point for actual delivery.
Thanks,
DW
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Subject: [ebxml-msg] Pull'ing a specific document
From: "Makesh Rao (marao)" <>
Date: Mon, March 29, 2010 5:19 pm
To: <>
Hi
In initial conversations with partners/customers over AS4, I
have repeatedly heard the request to be able to Pull a particular document. The
unique identifier could be based on the UserMessage that has been exchanged
earlier e.g. PO # if a PO Message has been sent earlier.
Is there provision in the current spec to be able to support
that ? My understanding is that it is a generic Pull where the next
available document is sent in the response.
Any advice please ?
Thanks
Makesh
