Describing exchanges
Content of an interaction is described by an exchange contract.
An exchange contract is a model of a contract between organizational entities. This contract is described by exchanges between an initiator role and one or several contributor roles.
For more details on exchange contracts, see Describing Exchange Contracts.An exchange contract is described by a sequence flow of exchanges or exchange contracts.
An exchange specifies message flow exchanges between two participants.An exchange diagram describes the sequence flows of an exchange.
"Customer Identification Service" Exchange Diagram
The customer identification service protocol begins by sending information enabling identification of the customer. An error message appears if the customer is not found, otherwise customer information is sent (customer identification, status of orders, etc.).
Accessing the list of exchanges
To access the list of exchanges of a library:
1. From the Environment navigation pane, select Standard Navigation.
2. Unfold the desired library, and then the Exchanges folder.
The list of exchanges of the library appears.