Reply generation

This is located in the Timeout Handling dialog box. It is called only if the engine is expecting an inbound protocol reply message, but does not receive one. This UPoC exists because replies must be received within a configurable time-out period.

The input msgID is a copy of the outbound data message that generated no reply. It is meant to be used as a reference for generating the inbound reply.

Caution: 
If the input msgID is returned with PROTO disposition, then the message is placed directly on the OB Processing queue. This message is not recoverable. To resend a recoverable message, the OBMSGID should be used.

The OBMSGID is the handle for the saved outbound data message that generated no reply.

Typically, use reply generation to:

  • Resend the outbound data message.
  • Receive zero or more message handles that are used as inbound reply protocol messages.

A source protocol thread waits on a reply for a defined amount of time. If no time-out is configured, then it waits indefinitely.