Service

A service is a PRPC programmatic component that defines and implements an interface between an external application acting as a client and a PRPC system acting as a server.

An external system may use any of several technical frameworks to call a PRPC application, become a requestor of an appropriate type, send a request, execute an activity (which may call other activities, update data, and start other processing), and receive the results in a response.

A service is implemented through an instance of one of the rule types below, plus appropriate calling code in the external client system:

Service BPEL Service COM Service dotNet Service EJB Service Email Service File Service HTTP

Service Java Service Portlet Service JMS Service JSR94 Service MQ Service REST Service SOAP

Services using the SOAP protocol to transmit XML-formatted messages are known as Web services. Multiple service rules supporting a single interface are known as a package, defined through the Service Package form. In many situations, the service instructs PRPC to call a single activity. This is known as the service activity.

Service rule types belong to the Integration-Services category.

	connector, package, request, response, service activity, service-oriented architecture
	About Service BPEL rules About Service COM rules About Service dotNet rules About Service EJB rules About Service Email rules About Service File rules About Service HTTP rules About Service Java rules About Service JMS rules About Service JSR94 rules About Service MQ rules About Service Package data instances About Service Portlet rules About Service SOAP rules Integration services category

Definitions