Re: [ws-tx-comment] Web Services Business Activity (WS-BusinessActivity) Version1.2 OASIS Standard 2 February 2009

Hi Saleem.

In the Ended state the participant has
forgotten the transaction but it is always correct for it to send wsba:Canceled.
Since the participant no longer remembers the transaction it is moot as
to whether this is a send or a resend - its what goes on the wire that
is important (i.e wsba:Canceled). From a state-machine perspective, a participant
is logically in the Ended state for any transaction it knows nothing about.
This is why, for example, the spec says (section 3.2) for GetStatus:

If the participant has forgotten the activity the Status
response MUST be wsba:Ended. 

So I think the confusion is over the
assertion "Because (in your spec.) "Send"
means the message has not been sent before."

While Resend implies the message HAS
been sent before, Send does not imply that a message HAS NOT been sent
before. 

Regards,

Ian Robinson

Saleem Vighio <>

08/07/2010 13:34

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[ws-tx-comment] Web Services Business
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OASIS Standard 2 February 2009

Hi

I have carefully read, modeled and simulated your protocol specification
for "BusinessAgreementWithCoordinatorCompletion". I used uppaal
model checker for modeling and verification. However, I am confused with
the "Inbound Events" of participant process when participant
"Sends" "Canceled"  message in response to receiving
"Cancel" message (from the coordinator) in the Ended state. I
think participant should "Resend" (not Send) a "Canceled"
message. Because (in your spec.) "Send" means the message has
not been sent before. Where as participant can only reach Ended state when
it has already sent a "Canceled" or any other message. If participant
has not followed "Canceled" message path then it has reached
to Ended where there is no need of sending "Canceled" message
and coordinator also will not wait after sending "Cancel" message
because coordinator only  sends "Cancel". message in the
Active state.

Can  you please help me in resolving my confusion.

Regards,

Saleem

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