Reply

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The Reply activity is used to send a response after a Receive activity has been called. The combination of Receive and Reply elements creates a request-response operation. The Reply activity is used in a synchronous (request/response) interaction, and specifies the Partner Link and operation. All these attributes should match those for the Receive activity that invoked the process.

Note that a Reply activity should always be preceded by a Receive activity for the same Partner Link.

To use the Reply element:

  1. In the Design view, drag the Reply element from the Palette to the diagram.
  2. Right-click the Reply element and choose Edit.
  3. In the Property Editor dialog box, specify the following:
  4. Select the type of response:
  5. The Reply element is now configured to send a response message to a partner web service.

Adding Correlation

To define correlation use the Correlation Wizard. You can also set the correlation manually.

See Also
Partner Link
Receive
Understanding Correlation
Creating Variables
New Variable Dialog Box
BPEL Designer Palette: Web Service
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