Message Type Configuration page

The Create/Edit a Business Service - Message Type Configuration page is one in a series of pages for creating and editing business services, as described in Creating and Configuring Business Services and Editing Business Service Configurations.

Use this page to configure message types for a business service whose type is Messaging Service.

The binding definition for messaging services consists of configuring the content-type of the messages that are exchanged. The content-type for the response does not need to be the same as for the request; therefore, the response is configured separately (for example, the service could accept an MFL message and return an XML acknowledgment receipt).

Note: E-mail, File, FTP, or SFTP transport business services whose type is Messaging Service support one-way messaging only; the Response Message Type should be none. If you select an option other than none, the file, ftp, or sftp protocol will not be available on the Transport Configuration page.

Table 16-2 describes how to use Create/Edit a Business Service - Message Type Configuration page.

Table 16-2 Create/Edit a Business Service - Message Type Configuration Page 
Option
To create or edit...
Request Message Type
Select a message type for the request message:
  • None - Select this option if there is no request message (HTTP GET example)
  • Binary - Select this option if the content-type of the message is unknown or not important.
  • Text - Select this option if the message can be restricted to text.
  • MFL - Select this option if the message is a binary document conforming to an MFL definition. You can configure only one MFL file.
  • For MFLs, you can click Browse to select an MFL from the MFL Browser, then click Submit.

  • XML - Select this option if the message is an XML document. To provide some type information, you can choose to declare the XML schema type of the XML document exchanged.
Response Message Type
Select a message type for the response message:
  • None - Select this option if there is no response message.
  • Binary - Select this option if the content-type of the message is unknown or not important.
  • Text - Select this option if the message can be restricted to text.
  • MFL - Select this option if the message is a binary document conforming to an MFL definition. You can configure only one MFL file.
  • For MFLs, you can click Browse to select an MFL from the MFL Browser, then click Submit.

  • XML - Select this option if the message is an XML document. To provide some type information, you can choose to declare the XML schema type of the XML document exchanged.

After you finish

Click Next to continue configuring this service on the next page; or click Last to review and save this configuration on the Create/Edit a Business Service - Summary page.