This activity allows the process to send a message in reply to a message that was received through a receive activity. The combination of a receive activity and a reply activity forms a request-response operation on the WSDL port type for the process.

Figure A-33 shows the Reply dialog in BPEL 2.0.

For more information about the reply activity, see the following:

• Introduction to Interaction Patterns in a BPEL Process

• Mapping WSDL Message Parts in BPEL 2.0

• How to Return a Fault in a Synchronous Interaction