Example: Configuring Service Bundles

Consider the following run time example:

A telephone company is marketing a new service that includes a land line and a cell phone and sends a request to activate this service to ASAP. An XML order is received by the SRT component of ASAP, where it is first translated into a format that enables the SRT to analyze the order contents. Next, the data within the order is mapped to the service actions and parameters that are required to activate the service bundle. This may involve executing lookups to derive or massage additional data required for activation. The order is then sent to downstream components of ASAP for activation. During the execution of the order, events are generated and passed upstream to the SRT component. The SRT component translates these events to a form recognized by upstream systems and forwards them to the upstream systems.