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Sync Webservice call that MUST wait for Distributed System to process

David Elliott
9/30/2004 8:43:34 PM

dotnet web services:

I have a distributed system that processes documents. There currently is an Async
Webservice in place and this works fine.

My customer is requesting a Sync Webservice call. I am trying to determine the best
way to implement this.

I thought I would have the Sync call to enter a sleep state and upon waking check a
ArrayList that was populated at the completion of the processing. If there is a doc then
return it, otherwise sleep.

Any thought would greatly be appreciated.

Re: Sync Webservice call that MUST wait for Distributed System to process

Dino Chiesa [Microsoft]
10/7/2004 12:42:42 AM

I would use a persistent store. The Async webservice - where do the results
get placed when they are ready? I am guessing in some persistent place
(database, possibly a filesystem cache), indexed by a request ID. Have the
synch call just check that location?

-D

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