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
