Chapter 4 Building Business Process Diagrams


Operation property sheet Input/Output tab

This tab contains the following properties:

Property Description
Type Specifies the type of the operation:

  • Undefined – default value. It has no message. The Input Message and Output Message groupboxes are unavailable.
  • One Way – the activity calls the web service and no response is expected. It only has an input message. The Output Message groupbox is unavailable.
  • Request-Response – the activity calls the web service and a response is expected. It has an input message followed by an output message. Fault messages can also be sent as output in case of error (see Operation property sheet Faults tab). The Input Message and Output Message groupboxes are available. The input message is handled first.
  • Solicit-Response – the web service solicits the activity and a response is expected. It has an output message followed by an input message. Fault messages can also be sent as input in case of error. The Input Message and Output Message groupboxes are available. The output message is handled first.
  • Notification - the web service solicits the activity and no response is expected. It only has an output message. The Input Message groupbox is unavailable.
Input message (name) Specifies a name for the operation input message.
Input message (message) Specifies the input message the operation sends. You can select a message format from the list or you can use the tools to the right of the list to create a message format and view the properties of the currently selected object.
Output message (name) Specifies a name for the operation output message.
Output message (message) Specifies the output message an operation receives. You can select a message format from the list or you can use the tools to the right of the list to create a message format and view the properties of the currently selected object.

 


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