Configuration

The Configuration tab has the following fields.

Field

Global Var?

Description

Name

No

The name to appear as the label for the activity in the process definition.

Description

No

Short description of the activity.

Reply To

No

A drop-down list of activities that can receive JMS queue or topic messages. The activity you select determines the message this activity replies to. The reply-to queue or topic name from the message in the selected activity is used to send the reply message.

Message Type

No

The type of the message. This can be one of the following:

  • Simple — A message with no body portion.

  • Bytes — A stream of bytes.

  • Map — A set of name/value pairs. The names are strings, and the values are simple data types (Java primitives), an array of bytes (use the Binary datatype to map this data), or a string. Each item can be accessed sequentially or by its name.

  • Object — A serializable Java object.

  • Object Ref — An object reference to a Java object.

  • Stream — A stream of Java primitives, strings, or arrays of bytes. Each value must be read sequentially.

  • Text — The message is a java.lang.String.

  • XML Text — The message is XML text.