S90-09A Question #16: Real Exam Question with Answer & Explanation

Service A is an entity service that provides a Get capability that returns a data value that is frequently changed. Service Consumer A invokes Service A in order to request this data value (1). For Service A to carry out this request, it must invoke Service B (2), a utility service that interacts (3.4) with the database in which the data value is stored, Regardless of whether the data value changed. Service B returns the latest value to Service A (5), and Service A returns the latest value to Service Consumer A (6). The data value is changed when the legacy client program updates the database (7). When this change happens is not predictable. Note also that Service A and Service B are not always available at the same time. Any time the data value changes. Service Consumer A needs to receive it as soon as possible. Therefore, Service Consumer A initiates the message exchange shown in the Figure several times a day. When it receives the same data value as before, the response from Service A is ignored. When Service A provides an updated data value, Service Consumer A can process it to carry out its task. Because Service A and Service B are not always available at the same times, messages are getting lost and several invocation attempts by Service Consumer A fail. What steps can be taken to solve this problem?