Agent communication / Relay subjects

[Todd Wright]

Your usage sounds good.  The relay "content" can be a data structure with both 
"subject" and "body" fields.

Todd

Dimitrios Traskas wrote:
> Hi to all,
> 
> I have a question about best practices in regards with Relays and Agent 
> communication. Agent A sends a message to Agent B and expects replies of 
> three different types (CONFIRM, REFUSE, FAIL). These in a sense are 
> three Verbs that I can use for the Relay communication. The CONFIRM and 
> REFUSE messages should be sent with an object attached that can provide 
> some information about the reasons of confirmation or refusal. In an 
> analogy we have an email with subject CONFIRM or REFUSE and a body of 
> text that gives further explanations.
> 
> At the moment I am encapsulating within that body the subject of the 
> Relay message and just extract it when the message is received. Is there 
> any other way to have a subject and body for Relay messages? It would be 
> useful to hear some recommendations and examples from other people.
> 
> 
>       
> Many Thanks
> Dimitris
> 
> 
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