Message Objects

Messages are shapes that provide the physical description of the contents of a service operation transaction, and describe the data being sent, including fields, field types, and field lengths.

Unlike PeopleTools 8.47 and earlier releases, beginning with PeopleTools 8.48 messages do not contain any processing logic, such as PeopleCode events or subscriptions. All processing logic is created by extending a set of delivered application classes, and associating those application classes to service operations using service operation handlers.