Concepts

This variant is technically an enhancement of the variant Checking Flight Seat Availability (Proxy-to-Proxy).

The variant Checking Flight Seat Availability (Proxy-to-Web Service Direct Communication) addresses concepts related to the direct communication between a Web service provider and a Web service consumer.

The table below contains the following information for each concept:

A hyperlink to the general description of the concept
A description of how the concept is implemented in the process integration scenario

Configuration Time

Concept	Description
Direct connection More information: Configuring Direct Communication	You can configure direct communication between a Web service consumer and a Web service provider in the Integration Directory using the direct connection configuration object.
WS cache notifications for business systems More information: Configuring Business Systems (with Web Service Communication) under 4. Facilitating Distribution of Configuration Data in the Back-End System	Configuration settings for direct communication that are maintained centrally in Integration Directory, are propagated into the involved business systems based on cache notifications.

Concept

Description

Direct connection

More information: Configuring Direct Communication

You can configure direct communication between a Web service consumer and a Web service provider in the Integration Directory using the direct connection configuration object.

WS cache notifications for business systems

More information: Configuring Business Systems (with Web Service Communication) under 4. Facilitating Distribution of Configuration Data in the Back-End System

Configuration settings for direct communication that are maintained centrally in Integration Directory, are propagated into the involved business systems based on cache notifications.

Runtime

Concept	Description
Communication on the basis of Web service runtime More information: Configuring the Communication Channel with Adapter Type WS	The airline implements the flight availability check as a Web service that is connected with the Web service consumer (agency) using a communication channel with adapter type WS.

Concept

Description

Communication on the basis of Web service runtime

More information: Configuring the Communication Channel with Adapter Type WS

The airline implements the flight availability check as a Web service that is connected with the Web service consumer (agency) using a communication channel with adapter type WS.