Wednesday, January 28, 2015

What is IPCs??

IPCs -- Inter Process Communication messages commonly known as IPCs. Requesters and Servers communicate each other through IPCs.

There are 2 types of IPCs messages:
1. Request 2. Reply

Request Messages:

Request Messages are sent from a Requester and received by particular Service of the SERVER.

Commonly Request messages are initiated from SCREEN COBOL with SEND statement. Pathway then routes the request to a server containing the service. Server then reads the message using special file $RECEIVE.

Reply Messages:

Reply messages are formatted by SERVICE and sent back to the requester after the service is completed. Reply message is written to $RECEIVE and pathway routes this information to requester.

Reply message contains the requested information if the service is successful or error message if the service is not successful.

Source: HP PathMaker Manual
 

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