Selecting a Service Mode

You can configure Request-Response Service to use different modes to interact with other applications. Request-Response Service supports three service modes: Request-Reply mode, standard RPC mode, and custom RPC mode. You have to select a service mode depending on your specific requirements.

Configuring Request-Reply Mode

To configure Request-Reply mode, select Request Reply from the Mode list in the Request-Response Options tab.

The following figure shows the configuration of Request Reply mode:

Request Response Service in Request Reply mode can be regarded as Subscription Service with SQL statement-based schema. In Request-Reply mode, a subscriber endpoint is created. This subscriber endpoint listens to requests and publishes the response to the reply subject.

TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database (TIBCO Business Studio) supports the following message formats for Request-Reply mode:
  • XML Message (TIBCO Rendezvous transport type or JMS transport type)
  • ActiveEnterprise Message (TIBCO Rendezvous transport type)

Configuring RPC Mode

To configure RPC mode, select RPC from the Mode list in the Request-Response Options tab. RPC mode involves standard RPC operation and custom RPC operation. For details, see Using RPC Mode.

  • Using RPC Mode
    You can configure an adapter configuration to act as a remote procedure call (RPC) server on behalf of a client. TIBCO ActiveMatrix Adapter for Database uses the TIBCO Adapter SDK Operations API for an RPC server. Selecting RPC mode creates an object in the repository to describe the RPC server that the adapter configuration starts.