[jboss-dev-forums] [JBoss ESB Development] - Re: Http Gateway - requirements please...

[ScottDawson]

anonymous wrote : 2. Gateway sync="false": Gateway will async invoke service and return an empty response payload in the http response. 

I think the section in the HTTP spec regarding a 202 status code gives some guidance on how this might work: http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html#sec10.2.3

In that section it says
anonymous wrote : The entity returned with this response SHOULD include an indication of the request's current status and either a pointer to a status monitor or some estimate of when the user can expect the request to be fulfilled. 

One use case for the sync="false" is to kick off a long-running process and the 202 status can be used to indicate that the request was received and the accompanying response payload can be used to give the client some information about when the job might be done, a URL to retrieve the status, etc. This is partially supported in the JBR gateway with the  asyncResponse property.

Can support for that type of interaction be included?

Thanks,
Scott


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