- From: Christopher B Ferris <chrisfer@us.ibm.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 08:45:31 -0500
- To: Paul Fremantle <paul@wso2.com>
- Cc: Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com>, public-ws-addressing@w3.org, public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org, ws-rx@lists.oasis-open.org
- Message-ID: <OFA5F7D5E8.235CDF19-ON852571C5.004AED32-852571C5.004B8C0F@us.ibm.com>
+1
exactly
Christopher Ferris
STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440
phone: +1 508 377 9295
Paul Fremantle <paul@wso2.com> wrote on 08/09/2006 04:41:28 AM:
> Alastair
>
> I don't think there's anything wrong with [reply= none]. On the other
> hand, I don't expect to have to put [reply=none] on every one-way
> interaction I make. I don't believe there is anything wrong with the
> current situation.
>
> Paul
>
> Alastair Green wrote:
> > Chris, Paul:
> >
> > *What's wrong with [reply endpoint = none]?
> >
> > *1. None URI means "no response expected", implies transport ack only.
> > Contents of transport response body would reasonably be ignored by a
> > WS-A implementation.
> >
> > 2. WS-A receiver of [reply endpoint] = None URI will not stall for an
> > application handoff or for application response: it will pass the
> > inbound message, and immediately ack the sender, and lose all context
> > (transport response, message id correlation information).
> >
> > 3. RM would be asking WS-A implementations to stop natural, generic
> > behaviours 1. and 2., and become aware of RM.
> >
> > 4. None URI means ack only. Anon means SOAP envelope in the transport
> > response, always. New URI needed to mean: "May be SOAP, may be ack".
> > Receiver of new URI (APAO below) knows to stall for application
> > release before acking (empty response body) or SOAPing (full response
> > body).
> > *
> > **Alternatives
> > *
> > 1. We can't use [reply endpoint] = anon (the default) because the WS-A
> > SOAP Binding limits this to cases where there is always a SOAP
> > envelope in the transport response (ack only forbidden). I believe
> > this is the /only/ obstacle. Everything else is proceeding from that
> > WS-A limitation. (If this perceived limitation does not exist, then I
> > would see no reason not to use anon URI.)
> >
> > 2. Create a special URI, as anticipated by the WS-A SOAP Binding, that
> > means: "Transport response can either be message or ack-alone".
> >
> > 3. Call this special URI .../anonymous/permittingAckOnly (APAO). [Not
> > a good name, a strawman]
> >
> > 4. Send MakeConnection/ReplyTo/Address=APAO. Allow ref-params in the
> > normal manner. (Ref params can't be handled with current solution).
> >
> > 5. Permit MakeConnection to contain a sequence Identifier, if desired,
> > (as per current solution).
> >
> > 6. Allow for an extension element in MC, if the app wants to identify
> > the conversation. The identity of the conversation only has to be
> > unambiguous between the application parties, so UUID is bound to be
> > right, but not always needed. The type of the identification is an app
> > issue. If you don't like that, permit MC to contain a connection
> > identifier, type is UUID (closest to current solution).
> >
> > 7. Decide who's going to own the special APAO URI. It really should be
> > WS-Addressing, as this is a general, app-level requirement. RM is
> > permitting an /application /behaviour (the message stream is
> > application content, which may, in the RM context, be bracketed by
> > some RM set-up and tear-down, as it happens).
> >
> > 8. If process/timescales force RM to "stand in" for WS-Addressing,
> > then this means worrying about impact on WS-A implementations (which
> > is where this started from for me). See above re implications for WS-A
> > implementations of use of none URI
> >
> > Alastair
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Christopher B Ferris wrote:
> >>
> >> Alastair,
> >>
> >> I don't think that MakeConnection "invites a response"... rather, it
> >> opens up the back-channel
> >> (when transmitted over a protocol such as HTTP that has an inherent
> >> back-channel) for the
> >> transmission of a message.
> >>
> >> I think that there is a difference... a large one at that.
> >>
> >> A SOAP Response is entirely different than a protocol response
> >> message. In the context
> >> of a oneway message, carried over a protocol such as HTTP, there is a
> >> response message
> >> that may not carry a SOAP envelope in its entity body. It is a
> >> protocol-level response, not necessarily
> >> a SOAP level-response. The fact that we are exploiting this is what
> >> MakeConnection is all about.
> >>
> >> As Paul indicated, I would be happy if we suggested that WS-A none
> >> URI be specified as the
> >> ReplyTo address, but frankly, I think that that is something for the
> >> WS-A WG to work out.
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Christopher Ferris
> >> STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
> >> email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
> >> blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440
> >> phone: +1 508 377 9295
> >>
> >> Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com> wrote on 08/08/2006
> >> 11:42:10 AM:
> >>
> >> > Chris,
> >> >
> >> > Redoing part of WS-A in RM creates difficulty in WS-A WSDL (start
of
> >> > thread). Raises question: Why won't standard WS-A anon facility
work?
> >> >
> >> > You have to say something about where you reply to. If you want the
> >> > reply to come on the back-channel then WS-A has a way of saying
that
> >> > (and you get that by default).
> >> >
> >> > If you say there is no reply, then you are saying: don't send a
> >> > response. But MC precisely invites a response. How is a WS-A
> >> > implementation supposed to understand (without being RM aware) that
> >> > reply=none really means (functionally) reply=anon? I perceive
> >> > unnecessary layering tangle. WS-A layer now expected to hold HTTP
> >> > response for app, even though told that there is no response.
> >> >
> >> > Researching further, I don't understand why an RM-specific
> >> > alternative to reply=anon has been introduced for the "address"
> >> > case, but not for the "sequence" case.
> >> >
> >> > I believe regular "use back channel" feature of WS-A can be used,
> >> > and the RM layer can handle RM "sessions", in both cases.
> >> >
> >> > Does my example of sequence case indicate expected behaviour? Would
> >> > it be wrong to say MC/reply=anon with sequence case?
> >> >
> >> > First part of long message addresses Doug's points about the
> >> > application-level set-up message: I don't understand the relevance
> >> > of that type of message.
> >> >
> >> > Alastair
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Christopher B Ferris wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Alastair,
> >> >
> >> > Is this a long and drawn out manner of stating that when a message
> >> > is a true oneway (e.g. no
> >> > response is expected) then the wsa:ReplyTo should be the WS-A none
> >> > URI rather than
> >> > simply leaving it absent and hence falling trap to the "if not
> >> > present, default to anon" gotcha?
> >> >
> >> > I guess I am not seeing an issue here, although I guess it would be
> >> > fine if we recommended or required
> >> > that the MakeConnection wsa:ReplyTo MAP carry the WS-A none URI.
> >> >
> >> > Cheers,
> >> >
> >> > Christopher Ferris
> >> > STSM, Software Group Standards Strategy
> >> > email: chrisfer@us.ibm.com
> >> > blog: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/dw_blog.jspa?blog=440
> >> > phone: +1 508 377 9295
> >> >
> >> > public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org wrote on 08/08/2006 07:06:32
AM:
> >> >
> >> > > Doug, Paul --
> >> > >
> >> > > I'm going to try to address both your comments. if I can
summarize
> >> > > Paul's it was: what's the big deal about [reply endpoint] when
> >> > > MakeConnection is "one-way"?.
> >> > >
> >> > > Given RX timescales you may want to treat these remarks as "early
> >> > > public review".
> >> > >
> >> > > * * *
> >> > >
> >> > > Doug's message 1 is an application-level set-up call which
> >> > > establishes common understanding of the UUID. This type of
message
> >> > > is exemplified by that shown in the CD example Step 1, unless I
have
> >> > > completely misunderstood.
> >> > >
> >> > > In that example, a subscriber, who cannot listen, sends a
subscribe
> >> > > message to a publisher, saying something like "subscribe me for
> >> > > topics A, B, C. The identity of this subscription request is UUID
> >> > > X". Thereafter, the publisher knows that X equals "subscription
for
> >> > > topics A, B, C".
> >> > >
> >> > > Assertion 1 (please correct me if I am wrong): The format,
content
> >> > > etc of this type of message (and its manner of transmission) are
> >> > > entirely application-specific. It may or may not require an
> >> > > acknowledgement. It could be sent by carrier pigeon, or by fax.
The
> >> > > subscribe message, if sent as SOAP-with-Addressing, might receive
a
> >> > > reply, or might not receive a reply, and if it did, it might
receive
> >> > > it anon or addressable. There are no RM rules that apply to this
> >> > > message. There are only application rules. It cannot do its job
> >> > > usefully unless it passes the UUID: that is all we can say.
> >> > >
> >> > > Assertion 2. At present there is an RM rule which says: "the
> >> > > mutually understood UUID must be reflected in the [destination
> >> > > endpoint] according to an RM URI scheme". There are no RM rules
to
> >> > > say whether the connection UUID, during the course of
establishing
> >> > > mutual understanding, travels alone, embedded in a URI, in a body
> >> > > element or a header element. These are all matters of bilateral
> >> > > agreement at an app level between (in this case) the
> >> > > consumer/subscriber and the producer/publisher.
> >> > >
> >> > > [The example is potentially a bit misleading in this respect.
> >> > >
> >> > > The use of the full "anon-URI?id={uuid}" value in the
<targetEPR/>,
> >> > > and the use of the element name "targetEPR" make one think
> >> > > "addressing", when one would be better off thinking "subscription
> >> > > identity" (at an app level). The example set-up message would
work
> >> > > perfectly well if it read:
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <!-- subscription details -->
> >> > > <SubscriptionIdentity>{uuid}</SubscriptionIdentity>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > >
> >> > > Btw, given that the use of MakeConnection requires a prior
> >> > > understanding between two parties of the connection identity,
there
> >> > > seems no reason why {uuid} has to be a UUID. It does need to be
> >> > > bilaterally unambiguous.]
> >> > >
> >> > > * * *
> >> > >
> >> > > Message 2 is MakeConnection. If the subscriber sends a
> >> > > MakeConnection, specifying UUID X, then the publisher knows it is
> >> > > dealing with traffic relating to subscription X, i.e. for topics
A,
> >> > > B and C. At an application level, we assume that the contract
> >> > > thereafter is: start reliably communicating a stream of messages,
> >> > > relating to topics A, B and C, therefore implying sequence
creation
> >> > > etc, until something causes the stream to close.
> >> > >
> >> > > So the subscriber will repeatedly send MakeConnection, citing the
> >> > > UUID X, read the HTTP response, and handle the response as if it
> >> > > were an inbound RM/RM-app message.
> >> > >
> >> > > The exchange that RM defines (rather than illustrates) is the
> >> > > MakeConnection, back-call-on-the-connection one. It's this
exchange
> >> > > that I am discussing. MakeConnection is the message affected by
the
> >> > > WSAW anon=required discussion, as I see it.
> >> > >
> >> > > [While it is probably helpful for diagnostic reasons to repeat
the
> >> > > UUID back to the sender of MakeConnection in the [destination
> >> > > endpoint], it is actually redundant, as the HTTP Response is
> >> > > automatically and uniquely correlated with the HTTP Request. This
> >> > > might lead one to the conclusion that the simple solution would
have
> >> > > been: send UUID on MakeConnection, and then respond to it on the
> >> > > anonymous back-channel without reflection of UUID in any form
> >> > > However, this would reduce the symmetry with the Sequence
identified
> >> > > use of MakeConnection, see comments later]
> >> > >
> >> > > * * *
> >> > >
> >> > > There are two modes in which this exchange can work (reflecting
the
> >> > > joint proposal, as I understand it):
> >> > >
> >> > > a) Send response as part of a sequence that already exists
> >> > > b) Use response to create a new sequence, etc
> >> > >
> >> > > This is relevant to answering Paul F's question, relating to the
> >> > > significance of ReplyTo.
> >> > >
> >> > > If there is a sequence, then the sequence Identifier is a
> >> > > correlation synonym for the UUID. The reply message may be sent
on
> >> > > the back-channel; it must carry the wsrm:Identifier (as a
separate
> >> > > header element), it need not carry the UUID.
> >> > >
> >> > > If there is no sequence, then the reply message must carry or
imply
> >> > > the UUID. (I'm going to assume that carrying the UUID is better
than
> >> > > implying it.) The question is how?
> >> > >
> >> > > Looking at these two cases, it is striking that both
> >> > >
> >> > > a) require a response on the back-channel,
> >> > > b) need to carry an identifier (one of the sequence, one of the
> >> > > "connection"/"session")
> >> > >
> >> > > Doug's comment that there is no wsa:ReplyTo on the
MakeConnection,
> >> > > that it is "one way", is relevant here. In fact there is no such
> >> > > thing (in the XML infoset) as a non-existent [reply endpoint]. If
> >> > > wsa:ReplyTo is absent, then it is inferred to be the anon-URI.
The
> >> > > only way you can stop that inference is to set the [reply
endpoint]
> >> > > to none or to a "real address". I don't think you want to do
either
> >> > > of those things, in this context.
> >> > >
> >> > > With these points in mind, I think it is worth looking again at
my
> >> > > previous postings.
> >> > >
> >> > > The orthodox way of saying "respond on the back-channel" is
setting
> >> > > [reply endpoint] to anon. This can be done explicitly or by
> >> > > inference from absence.
> >> > >
> >> > > I think there has to be a good reason to invent a new way of
> >> > > expressing this semantic. Doing so has repercussions (see the
> >> > > original starting point of this thread, re WSA W anon/required).
The
> >> > > (very valuable) use case of MakeConnection does not require an
> >> > > alternate mechnanism for stating the back channel semantic.
> >> > >
> >> > > We can illustrate all of this by placing three examples side by
side:
> >> > >
> >> > > * * *
> >> > >
> >> > > 1. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection and reply
> >> [asper CD 04]
> >> > > 2. Example using hypothetical connection identifier:
MakeConnection
> >> > > and reply [as it could be, simplified]
> >> > > 3. Example using current Address [as per CD 04]
> >> > >
> >> > > 1a. Example using sequence Identifier: MakeConnection
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.
> >> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>
> >> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:
>> > >
> <wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-
> open.
>> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous
>> > > </wsa:Address>
>> >
> > </wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > -->
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.
> >> > > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier>
> >> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > 1b. Example using sequence Identifier: reply to MakeConnection
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>
> >> > >
> >> <wsa:ReplyTo><wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService
> >> > > </wsa:Address></wsa:ReplyTo>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://example.com/subscriptionService/publish
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > > <wsrm:Sequence>
> >> > > <wsrm:Identifier>http://Business456.
> >> > > com/SubscribeTopics/Sequence/7456-3278</wsrm:Identifier>
> >> > > <wsrm:MessageNumber>1</wsrm:MessageNumber>
> >> > > </wsrm:Sequence>
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <!-- Publication re A, B or C -->
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > 2a. Example using hypothetical connection identifier:
MakeConnection
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.
> >> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>
> >> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:
>> > >
> <wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-
> open.
>> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous
>> > > </wsa:Address>
>> >
> > </wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > -->
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>http://Business456.com/
> >> > > SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457</wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>
> >> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > 2b. Example using hypothetical connection identifier: reply to
> >> > > MakeConnection (CreateSequence)
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-
> >> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > >
> >> <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo>
> >> > > <wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>
> >> > > http://Business456.com/SubscribeTopics/Stream/7457
> >> > > </wsrm:ConnectionIdentifier>
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <wsrm:CreateSequence>
> >> > > <wsrm:AcksTo>
> >> > > <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService
> >> > > </wsa:Address>
> >> > > </wsrm:AcksTo>
> >> > > </wsrm:CreateSequence>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > 3a. Example using wsrm:Address: MakeConnection
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open.
> >> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/MakeConnection
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > > <wsa:To>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:To>
> >> > > <!-- absent wsa:ReplyTo is equivalent to:
>> > >
> <wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > <wsa:Address>http://docs.oasis-
> open.
>> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous
>> > > </wsa:Address>
>> >
> > </wsa:ReplyTo>
>> > > -->
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > <wsrm:Address>
> >> > > http://docs.oasis-open.
> >> > >
> >>
org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000
> >> > > </wsrm:Address>
> >> > > </wsrm:MakeConnection>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > 3b. Example using wsrm:Address: reply to MakeConnection
> >> (CreateSequence)
> >> > >
> >> > > <S:Envelope xmlns:S="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"
> >> > > xmlns:wsrm="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ws-rx/wsrm/200608"
> >> > > xmlns:wsa="http://www.w3.org/2005/08/addressing">
> >> > > <S:Header>
> >> > > <wsa:MessageID>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/71e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cfcbc9e</wsa:MessageID>
> >> > > <wsa:RelatesTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService/
> >> > > guid/61e0654e-5ce8-477b-bb9d-34f05cdcbc9e</wsa:RelatesTo>
> >> > > <wsa:Action>http://docs.oasis-open-
> >> > org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/CreateSequence
> >> > > </wsa:Action>
> >> > > <wsa:To>
> >> > >
> >> > > <!-- I believe this is WS-A illegal: reply To must equal
> request
>> > > ReplyTo/Address. -->
> >> > >
> >> > > http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrx/wsrm/200608/anonymous?
> >> > > id=550e8400-e29b-11d4-a716-446655440000
> >> > > </wsa:To>
> >> > >
> >> <wsa:ReplyTo>http://example.org/subscriptionService</wsa:ReplyTo>
> >> > > </S:Header>
> >> > > <S:Body>
> >> > > <wsrm:CreateSequence>
> >> > > <wsrm:AcksTo>
> >> > > <wsa:Address>http://example.org/subscriptionService
> >> > > </wsa:Address>
> >> > > </wsrm:AcksTo>
> >> > > </wsrm:CreateSequence>
> >> > > </S:Body>
> >> > > </S:Envelope>
> >> > >
> >> > > Yours,
> >> > >
> >> > > Alastair
> >> > >
> >> > > Doug Davis wrote:
> >> > >
> >> > > Alastair,
> >> > > I think you're mixing up the messages a bit. There are two
> >> messages
> >> > > at play:
> >> > > 1 - the message containing the EPR to send subsequent messages
to.
> >> > > In some cases this message will have the EPR in its
wsa:ReplyTo
> >> > > header, but it could also be placed someplace else depending
> >> > > on its use. And it is this EPR that needs to be tagged as
the
> >> > > polling one (ie. it has the RM anon URI).
> >> > > This message will contain application specific data in the
Body
> >> > > so your suggestion of placing some UUID in there will not
work.
> >> > > This gets back to the necessity to keep all info about where
to
> >> > > send messages encapsulated into whatever EPR we want to be
> >> tagged
> >> > > as the polling one.
> >> > >
> >> > > 2 - the MakeConnection message.
> >> > > This message does not have a wsa:ReplyTo, its a one-way. This
> >> > > message does contain a Body which is the correlation info
used
> >> > > by the receiver of this message to find an appropriate
message
> >> > > to send back. So, basically the stuff in the Body must match
> >> > > the EPR from message 1. And given that in some cases the
only
> >> > > thing remaining from the EPR in message 1 is the serialized
> >> > > version of it, we must be able to find messages based solely
> >> > > on what's in the outgoing message itself. Which means the
> >> > > wsa:To field. Again, ref-p's are bad for this purpose. :-)
> >> > >
> >> > > HTH
> >> > >
> >> > > thanks
> >> > > -Doug
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > >
> >> > > Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com> wrote on
08/07/2006
> >> > > 02:02:55 PM:
> >> > >
> >> > > > Doug,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I think I'm connecting, if you'll pardon the pun.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 1. As I read WS-A, the [destination endpoint][address] must be
set
> >> > > > to [reply endpoint][address] for a reply.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 2. If [reply endpoint] is omitted (as per the CD example), then
> >> > > > [reply endpoint] = anon, by default.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 3. If [destination endpoint] = "anon-URI?id={uuid}", then
> >> > > > [destination endpoint] <> [reply endpoint][address] (which was
> >> > > > simple, unornamented anon-URI), which contradicts premise 1.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Does that make sense? If so, then I think you would need to set
> >> > > > [reply endpoint] to none, explicitly, to avoid that clash
(given
> >> > > > RM's current approach). But this causes
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 4. The WS-A processor that sent MakeConnection to get very
> >> confused.
> >> > > > It wasn't expecting anything but an HTTP 200 series by way of a
> >> > > > response, but is about to get a full-scale SOAP message
> >> bounding back.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > +++
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Further thoughts, which continue, in my mind, to question the
> >> > > > current RM approach, but which may ease the WSA W problem.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > a) You could have defined an extension element in the [reply
> >> > > > endpoint] for the UUID.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > b) Or, you could have chosen to send the UUID in the body
element.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > c) In either case, this could team up with setting [reply
> >> > > endpoint] to anon.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > d) As in 3. above, you shouldn't then set response [destination
> >> > > > endpoint] to anon?id={uuid}.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > e) So, you need to set [reply endpoint] to anon, and set
> >> > > > [destination endpoint][address] to anon.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > f) which begs the question, where does the UUID go?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > g) If you passed an extension element UUID, or a UUID in the
body
> >> > > > element, and then passed it back as an extension element in the
> >> anon
> >> > > > EPR that should be OK, because you have followed the rules for
> >> reply
> >> > > > formulation with respect to the [destination endpoint][address]
> >> > > > /[reference parameters]. The fact you have chosen to put an
> >> > > > extension element in the response is WS-A 3.3/3.4 legal, as I
read
> >> > > > it. That's a higher-layer behaviour that does not contradict
WS-A
> >> > > > base behaviour, which is constrained.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > +++
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Why is g) not viable in your view? The processors that need to
> >> > > > understand the body/extension UUID element are the RM senders
and
> >> > > > responders (not the WS-A processors, which passively pass on
the
> >> > > > UUID to the RM receiver of MakeConnection, and pass on the
> >> extension
> >> > > > element to the RM receiver of the response).
> >> > > >
> >> > > > In other words, the awareness of RM-ness that is demanded in
> >> > > > formulating MakeConnection, and in replying to it, resides in
the
> >> > > > same place, and at the same level, as in the current (CD)
solution.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > The difference being: that the MakeConnection is now a regular
> >> > > > [reply endpoint] = anon. At which point special WSAW rules are
> >> not needed.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I don't see any lesser or greater problem with intermediaries,
> >> > > > onward transmission etc than would apply with the current
> >> solution,
> >> > > > if that is a concern. On this point, I think I may be missing
> >> > > > something, or misunderstanding your area of concern?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So, to summarize:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > 1. asimple-non out, special, ornamented-anon back is a problem.
> >> > > > 2. none out, anon back is a problem.
> >> > > > 3. extension element UUID out, extension element UUID back, is
no
> >> > > > different, in layer terms, than body UUID out, ornamented
address
> >> > > > back, i.e. is not a problem.
> >> > > > 4. anon out means no problem with anon = required.
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > * * *
> >> > > >
> >> > > > My last point was indeed completely beside the point of your
> >> issue :
> >> > > > -) -- it is an independent issue about WSAW, and a limitation
that
> >> > > > the proposed syntax seems to impose by applying the flag across
> >> all
> >> > > > "response endpoints".
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Alastair
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Doug Davis wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Alastair,
> >> > > > We did consider adding some extra metadata to the EPR
> >> (outside of
> >> > > > the wsa:Address and ref-p's), but there's a problem - this
> >> metadata
> >> > > > is not copied over into the response message - just the
> >> wsa:Address
> >> > > > and ref-p's are. This means that any data placed elsewhere in
the
> >> > > > EPR is lost once the message is serialized. So unless we
> >> assume the
> >> > > > impl can hold on to the original EPR for the entire message
path
> >> > > > (which we can't in distributed systems), the identity part must
be
> >> > > > in either the address or ref-p's. And, as you said, ref-p's
> >> aren't
> >> > > > good for this.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > What's interesting about your anon?unique-id example is that
> >> that
> >> > > > solution might work very nicely (we talked about this in the
> >> past) -
> >> > > > but as you said it would require WSA to say anon URIs 'start
> >> > > > with...' - and WSA is closed :-(
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I got a bit lost on your last point - it almost sounded like
a
> >> > > > complaint about the current WSA WSDL spec instead of my issue -
> >> or
> >> > > > did I not follow it?
> >> > > >
> >> > > > I noticed that on the agenda for tomorrow's WSA call (I think
> >> its
> >> > > > tomorrow) is a CR issue that mentioned how this wording in the
> >> WSDL
> >> > > > spec prevents the use of "none". I can't help but think that
both
> >> > > > issues (mine and the other CR issue) would be solved nicely if
the
> >> > > > wording were turned around a bit and said something about how
this
> >> > > > flag indicates whether or not the endpoint supports addressable
> >> > > > endpoints in the response EPRs. Not sure of the exact wording,
> >> but
> >> > > > if instead of taking about specific URIs (like anon and none)
it
> >> > > > talked about whether the endpoint supported the notion of
creating
> >> > > > it own connections to the EPR then it wouldn't need to get into
> >> the
> >> > > > business of listing all of the URIs that are valid. And I
> >> think it
> >> > > > would relay the exact same information.
> >> > > >
> >> > > > thanks
> >> > > > -Doug
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Alastair Green <alastair.green@choreology.com>
> >> > > > 08/04/2006 10:57 AM
> >> > > >
> >> > > > To
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Doug Davis/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS
> >> > > >
> >> > > > cc
> >> > > >
> >> > > > public-ws-addressing@w3.org,
public-ws-addressing-request@w3.org,
> >> > > > ws-rx@lists.oasis-open.org, abbieb@nortel.com,
aclark@novell.com,
> >> > > > akira.tanaka.pr@hitachi.com, aleyfer@actional.com,
> >> anash@reactivity.com,
> >> > > > andreas.bjarlestam@ericsson.com, anil.edakkunni@soa.com, anil.
> >> > > john@jhuapl.edu
> >> > > > , Anish.Karmarkar@oracle.com, Anthony Nadalin/Austin/IBM@IBMUS,
> >> > > > asakala@iona.com, ash@rainingdata.com,
ashok.malhotra@oracle.com,
> >> > > > asirveda@microsoft.com, atarashi@sv.nec-labs.com,
> >> atmanes@gmail.com,
> >> > > > audet@nortel.com, barreto@adobe.com, bhakti.mehta@sun.com,
blake.
> >> > > > dournaee@intel.com, bob.freund@hitachisoftware.com,
> >> bob.sunday@pwgsc.gc.ca
> >> > ,
> >> > > > b.eckenfels@seeburger.de, carolina.canales@ericsson.com,
> >> > chamikara@wso2.com
> >> > > ,
> >> > > > chappell@sonicsoftware.com, Charles Levay/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS,
> >> > > > chouthri@sv.nec-labs.com, Christopher B
Ferris/Waltham/IBM@IBMUS,
> >> > > > Christopher.Kurt@microsoft.com, chris.hipson@bt.com, "'von
> >> > Riegen, Claus'"
> >> > > > <claus.von.riegen@sap.com>, coevans@microsoft.com,
> >> > cunningham_david@bah.com
> >> > > ,
> >> > > > dan@actional.com, "'Burdett, David'" <david.burdett@sap.com>,
> >> > > > dconnelly@openapplications.org, Diane Jordan/Raleigh/IBM@IBMUS,
> >> > > > dkmin@konkuk.ac.kr, dleshc@tibco.com, dmoberg@us.axway.com,
> >> > > dnickull@adobe.com
> >> > > > , "'David Orchard'" <dorchard@bea.com>, doug.bunting@sun.com,
> >> > > > eisaku.nishiyama.dd@hitachi.com, email@cbvenkat.net,
> >> eoghan.glynn@iona.com
> >> > ,
> >> > > > Eric.Newcomer@iona.com, eric.rajkovic@oracle.com, eric.
> >> > > > wells@hitachisoftware.com, ganga.sah@oracle.com,
> >> gatfora@uk.ibm.com,
> >> > > > gboschi@sonicsoftware.com, gdaniels@sonicsoftware.com,
> >> "'Gilbert Pilz'"
> >> > > > <Gilbert.Pilz@bea.com>, girish.juneja@intel.com,
> >> gregcarp@microsoft.com,
> >> > > > greg.pavlik@oracle.com, hbenmalek@us.fujitsu.com,
> >> heiko.braun@jboss.com,
> >> > > > ian.c.jones@bt.com, ian_robinson@uk.ibm.com,
> >> james.speer@capgemini.com,
> >> > > > jamie.clark@oasis-open.org, jdurand@us.fujitsu.com, jeff.
> >> > > > mischkinsky@oracle.com, jekanaya@cs.indiana.edu,
> >> Jiri.Tejkl@systinet.com,
> >> > > > jjchoe@tmax.co.kr, jkchoi@methodi.com, jmarsh@microsoft.com,
joeri.
> >> > > > van_cleynenbreugel@alcatel.be, john.gotze@oasis-open.org, john.
> >> > > kemp@nokia.com
> >> > > > , joseph.2.waller@bt.com, junghc@nca.or.kr, jypyon@nca.or.kr,
k-
> >> > > > seki@da.jp.nec.com, kcyee@cecid.hku.hk, kiwasa@jp.fujitsu.com,
> >> > > > lburch@novell.com, lily.liu@webmethods.com, "'Lei Jin'"
> >> <ljin@bea.com>,
> >> > > > machi@nca.or.kr, "'Mark Little'" <mark.little@jboss.com>,
> >> > > > "'Schenecker, Mark'" <mark.schenecker@sap.com>, "'de Boer,
> >> Martijn'"
> >> > > > <martijn.de.boer@sap.com>, "'Raepple, Martin'"
> >> <martin.raepple@sap.com>,
> >> > > > mary.mcrae@oasis-open.org, matsuki.yoshino.pw@hitachi.com,
> >> > > mckierna@uk.ibm.com
> >> > > > , mgoodner@microsoft.com, mhb@itst.dk, "'Bechauf, Michael'"
> >> > > > <michael.bechauf@sap.com>, mike.grogan@sun.com,
> >> millwood@uk.ibm.com,
> >> > > > mlovett@uk.ibm.com, mlyons@layer7tech.com,
mschenecker@e2open.com,
> >> > > > mwang@tibco.com, nickr@enosis.com, nilo.mitra@ericsson.com,
> >> > > > nobuyuki.yamamoto.vw@hitachi.com,
Ondrej.Hrebicek@microsoft.com,
> >> > > paul@wso2.com
> >> > > > , pauld@mitre.org, paul.cotton@microsoft.com,
> >> paul.knight@nortel.com,
> >> > > > peter.furniss@erebor.co.uk, peter_niblett@uk.ibm.com,
> >> pete.wenzel@sun.com
> >> > ,
> >> > > > prateek.mishra@oracle.com, pyendluri@webmethods.com, Richard
> >> > > > Salz/Cambridge/IBM@IBMUS, robin@oasis-open.org,
> >> sada@jp.fujitsu.com,
> >> > > > "'Patil, Sanjay'" <sanjay.patil@sap.com>, sanka@wso2.com,
> >> > scayron@acord.org
> >> > > > , Scott Hinkelman/Austin/IBM@IBMUS, shengsong.ni@oracle.com,
> >> > > > shivajee@tibco.com, srcarter@novell.com,
stefanba@microsoft.com,
> >> > > > "'Rossmanith, Stefan'" <stefan.rossmanith@sap.com>, "'Winkler,
> >> Steve'"
> >> > > > <steve.winkler@sap.com>, sumit.gupta@oracle.com,
> >> tboubez@layer7tech.com,
> >> > > > tejeswar.das@iona.com, thomas.erl@soasystems.com,
> >> thomas.t.bui@boeing.com
> >> > ,
> >> > > > timothy@drummondgroup.com, toby.considine@unc.edu,
> >> tom@coastin.com,
> >> > > > "'Yalcinalp, Umit'" <umit.yalcinalp@sap.com>,
> >> vfurman@webmethods.com
> >> > > > , "'Shipkowitz, Vicki'" <vicki.shipkowitz@sap.com>,
> >> vikas@sonoasystems.com
> >> > > > , "'Videlov, Vladimir'" <vladimir.videlov@sap.com>, Martin
Chapman
> >> > > > <martin.chapman@oracle.com>
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Subject
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Re: Comment on WSDL spec: use of Anonymous Element
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Hi Doug,
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Comments interspersed:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Doug Davis wrote:
> >> > > >
> >> > > > Alastair,
> >> > > > There are a couple of different things at play here. First,
sorry
> >> > > > about the long cc-list but the wsrx mailing list still doesn't
> >> > > > appear to work so I need to include the entire wsrx team
> >> manually :-(
> >> > > > I thought my mail client was going to expire when I just did
> >> "reply all".
> >> > > >
> >> > > > In a non-anonymous world the wsa:Address field represents both
the
> >> > > > fact that the destination can access connections and it
identifies
> >> > > > the party. And I think that makes sense. There is no reason
> >> to not
> >> > > > have a single URI do that (let's not get into the 'identity'
issue
> >> > > > w.r.t. ref-p's :-). So, if we then switch over to the
anonymous
> >> > > > case, IMO, I don't believe the implementation should need to
> >> change
> >> > > > w.r.t. the purpose of this URI.
> >> > > > Here's what I don't understand. In the non-anon case an EPR
> >> (address
> >> > > > + stuff) is used to target. In the anon case, so far as I can
> >> tell,
> >> > > > there is nothing in WS-A to stop the same "full EPR" (address +
> >> > > > stuff) be
>
> --
>
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>
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>
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