3.3.7 Other Local Events

The only system events that impact the server are failures in communication. Disruptions in connectivity prevent the RDS Transport Protocol server from accomplishing necessary tasks, but no attempt is made to explicitly detect and correct for these errors. The server listens for requests coming off the wire and generates responses to be sent back to the client.

The standard error mechanism is used when errors are encountered at any point in the workflow. The only exceptional case is the loss of network connectivity with the client between receipt of the request and transmission of the response. In this case, no response is sent to the client; the client detects this condition as an HTTP time-out and relays the failure to the end user.