Jan 26, 2016

How MEC Message Flow Work

Like any other middle-ware application MEC has unique architectural components. Below diagram depicts them.

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  1. Inbound message will be consumed by the MEC and goes through detection rules defined in the partner agreement. Detection is either channel or XML detection. If inbound message is a flat file, channel detection will be used.
    For XML detection, inbound message must have meta data to configure the detection.

    Note below payload has RequestHeader as meta data.
    <ItemInfo>
    <RequestHeader>
    <environment>A</environment>
    <program>B</program>
    <company>A</company>
    </RequestHeader>
    <RequestBody>
    <!-- Items goes here-->
    </RequestBody>
    </ItemInfo>



    detection configuration is:
    XMLDetect
    • Detection information  & rules are saved in MEC storage. MEC will evaluate all saved detections (in a order) until its find the correct one.
  2. Once the detection has passed, process the message based on the defined processing steps. (in the given order)
    mec_proc
    • These steps are also saved on the MEC Storage
  3. Generate the output message.

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