- BPEL Tutorial
- BPEL - Home
- BPEL - Introduction
- BPEL - Activities
- Partner Link in BPEL Process
- Creating a Partner Link
- BPEL - Adapters
- Process Monitors
- One-Way Messages
- Synchronous Interactions
- Asynchronous Interactions
- Asynchronous Interactions with a Timeout
- Asynchronous Interactions with a Notification Timer
- One Request, Multiple Responses
- One Request, One of Two Possible Responses
- One Request, a Mandatory Response, & an Optional Response
- Partial Processing
- Multiple Application Interactions
- Invoking a Synchronous Web Service
- Invoking an Asynchronous Web Service
- Using Parallel Flow
- Using Conditional Branching
- Using Fault Handling
- Resubmitting a Faulted Process
- Incorporating Java & Java EE Code
- Manipulating XML Data
- Using Correlation Sets & Message Aggregation
- Using Events & Timeouts in BPEL Processes
- Using the Notification Service
- Using Oracle BPEL Process Manager Sensors
- Difference between BPEL 1.1 & BPEL 2.0
- BPEL Useful Resources
- BPEL - Quick Guide
- BPEL - Useful Resources
- BPEL - Discussion
Asynchronous Interactions with a Timeout
The Client BPEL Process sends a request to the Service BPEL Process (d1 in the below figure), and waits until the service replies or until a certain time limit is reached, whichever comes first. (d2 in the below figure).
For example, a user requests a subscription to an online application form for admission to a college and the request is cancelled if the user does not receive a confirmation reply within a specified amount of time.
The Client BPEL Process needs an invoke activity to send the request and a pick activity with two branches - an onMessage branch and an onAlarm branch. If the reply comes after the time limit has expired, the message goes to the dead letter queue.
The Service BPEL Process needs a receive activity to accept the incoming request and an invoke activity to return either the requested information or a fault.
As with all partner activities, the Web Services Description Language (WSDL) file defines the interaction.