Multicast Routing Scenario

In this example of a multicast routing scenario, an Application sends a Document to three other Applications. Two of the Applications require the Document as-sent; the third requires the payload to be mapped.

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Figure 1. Multicast Routing Scenario Overview

Background Reading

Actors, Relationships and Artifacts

Introduces foundational PortX terminology.

Transaction-Processing Framework

Explains how PortX works.

Actors

In this scenario, there are three Actors:

  • Application A (configured as AppA)

  • Application B (configured as AppB)

  • Application C (configured as AppC)

  • Application D (configured as AppD)

  • YourCompany B2B

  • Any

Relationships

There are seven Relationships in this scenario:

Table 1. Override Routing Scenario Relationships
Relationship Description Contains

AppA : Any

Universal relationship between Application AppA and any other Application

Artifacts specific to transactions between AppA and any other Application

AppB : Any

Universal relationship between Application AppB and any other Application

Artifacts specific to transactions between AppB and any other Application

AppC : Any

Universal relationship between Application AppC and any other Application

Artifacts specific to transactions between AppC and any other Application

AppD : Any

Universal relationship between Application AppD and any other Application

Artifacts specific to transactions between AppD and any other Application

AppA : AppB

The relationship between Application AppA and Application AppB.

Artifacts used only between these applications.

AppA : AppC

The relationship between Application AppA and Application AppC.

Artifacts used only between these applications.

AppA : AppD

The relationship between Application AppA and Application AppD.

Artifacts used only between these applications.
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Figure 2. Multicast Scenario Artifacts

Artifacts

The tables and flow diagrams in this section identify:

  • Artifacts that must be configured in order for a given document to be routed (that is, not rejected)

  • The Relationship in which the artifacts are configured

AppA : Any

Artifact Artifact Name Description Configured on page

Endpoint

AppRecFromA

Endpoint on which you expect to receive documents from Application AppA

Endpoints

Document Type

Y

Document Type you expect to receive from an application

Document Types

AppB : Any

Artifact Artifact Name Description Configured on page

Endpoint

AppB

Endpoint from which documents are sent to AppB.

Endpoints

AppC : Any

Artifact Artifact Name Description Configured on page

Endpoint

AppC

Endpoint from which documents are sent to AppC.

Endpoints

AppD : Any

Artifact Artifact Name Description Configured on page

Endpoint

AppD

Endpoint from which documents are sent to AppD.

Endpoints

Document Type

Z

Document Type that AppD wants to receive

Document Types

AppA : AppB

Artifact Artifact Name Description Configured on page

Target Channel

Y-to-B

Target channel that passes documents of Document Type Y to AppB’s Endpoint

Channels

Transaction

Y-Passthrough-to-B

Combination of Source Channel Y-Passthrough and Target Channel Y-to-AppB. When combined (with ?) it becomes a transaction that receives a document of Document Type Y and then sends it to the endpoint B. This transaction has the From Partner set to AppA and the To Partner set to AppB.

Transaction Designer

Outcomes

AppA sends Document of Document Type Y to Endpoint RecFromA

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Figure 3. Multicast Routing Scenario Outcomes

PortX:

  • Receives the document on RecFromA

  • Attempts to resolve routes

  • Finds three Transactions

    • Y-Passthrough-to-B

    • Y-Passthrough-to-C

    • Y-to-X-to-D

  • Executes all transactions:

    • Sends Document of Type Y to Endpoint B.

    • Sends Document of Type Y to Endpoint C.

    • Maps Document of Type Y to Document Type X, then sends it to Endpoint AppD.