CRUD Message Types

CRUD (Create, Retrieve, Update, Delete) messages are a bit more advanced message types, but are also extremely powerful and useful in the right context.

When you would like to replicate a RESTful interface CRUD messages let you do that, but without the overhead associated with standing up an HTTP service, piping things through to the outside world, etc.

The messages are delivered with the expectation that a response of some form will be given (just like the Simple Request-Response messages). In addition to the delivery your code also gets the verb describing what to do based on the message.

CRUD Message Definition

Schema

{
    Integer msg_type = ( 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 )
    String source
    String dest
    String transaction_uuid
    String content_type
    String accept
    Array.String partner_ids
    Array.String headers
    Map[String] metadata
    Array.Array spans
    Boolean include_spans
    Integer status
    Integer rdr
    Integer qos
    String path
    Binary payload
}

Name	Description
msg_type	The message type for the CRUD interface. (5 = Create, 6 = Retrieve, 7 = Update, 8 = Delete)
source	The originating point of the request or response.
dest	The destination point of the request or response.
transaction_uuid	The transaction key for the request and response. The requester may have several outstanding transactions, but must ensure that each transaction is unique per destination. This SHOULD be a UUID, but the web router SHALL NOT validate this data. The web router SHALL treat this data as opaque.
content_type	(optional) The media type of the payload.
accept	(optional) The media type accepted in the response.
partner_ids	(optional) The list of partner ids the message is meant to target. If the item is missing and the device has a partner id or the device does not find a match, the request shall be disregarded & a response with status of 403 sent back to the sender.
headers	(optional) The headers associated with the payload.
metadata	(optional) The map of name/value pairs used by consumers of WRP messages for filtering & other purposes.
spans	(optional) An array of arrays of timing values as a list in the format: "parent" (string), "name" (string), "start time" (int), "duration" (int), "status" (int)
span_parent	(optional) If the spans should be included, this field is included in the request. This string is the root parent for the spans below to link to.
include_spans	(optional) (Deprecated) If the timing values should be included in the response.
status	(optional) The response status from the originating service. Not included in the during the request.
rdr	(optional) The request delivery response is the delivery result of the previous (implied request) message with a matching transaction_uuid.
qos	(optional) Indicates the quality of service to use for delivery of this message.
path	The path to which to apply the payload.
payload	(optional) The json encoded string representing the objects.

Payload Usage

Method	Request	Response
Create	Name/value pairs for the new object	Resulting object
Retrieve	Ignored	Requested object
Update	Name/value pair to update	Ignored
Delete	Ignored	Ignored

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