[MOBY-dev] RFC #1941 Asynchronous Service Call Proposal

[Pieter Neerincx]

On 7-Feb-2006, at 12:05 PM, David Gonzalez Pisano wrote:

> Robert Buels escribió:
>>> use the mixed mode. Because if we do so, we cannot use xxx_result  
>>> as a
>>> cleaning method (see more about cleaning below), we would need to  
>>> have
>>> another method, such as xxx_clean.
>>>
>>>   No. Johan is using 'job' for one request (which can have more  
>>> mobyData
>>> parts). Once you call xxx_async, the whole such request is  
>>> identified by a
>>> 'job identifier'.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> It looks to me like our different interpretations here might be  
>> because
>> of a lack of clarity in number 2 on page 8 of the RFC.  It doesn't
>> really specify whether one mobyStatus block is returned with an  
>> asyncID
>> referring to all the submitted jobs/mobyData blocks, or whether one
>> mobyStatus is returned for each mobyData in the input, with a  
>> separate
>> ID for each.  I assumed the latter, and I think Martin assumed the
>> former.  Whichever way it was intented, I definitely think we  
>> should get
>> one unique asyncID per mobyData in the input.
>>
>>
> Maybe the wording has to be change to make it clearer, but the idea is
> exactly like Robert interprets it: having a single and unique  
> mobyStatus
> (ie, asyncID) for each one of the mobyData (ie, queryIDs) sent in the
> original execution request.

Well in that case, the queryID and asyncID are redundant aren't they?  
They are both just unique pointers to identify a certain mobyData  
block. It would be good though to have an additional ID / ticket to  
represent a session (that might be based on user's credentials etc.).

I think we definitely need one mobyStatus per mobyData block. So I  
disagree with Martin there. If Martin wants to keep things simple he  
can always summarise all the mobyStatus elements for one session and  
tell a user whether the whole batch has finished or not.

Pi

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