Request-reply protocol for the network server - always?

[Kristian Waagan <Kr...@Sun.COM>]

Hello,

The protocol between the Derby network client and the server is 
request-reply. Is it so that *every* client request (data passing over 
the wire) results in a server reply?


What I'd like to know, is if it can happen that the server receives a 
request from the client, then does something, but does not send a reply 
back.


It's a bit hard to tell quickly when you don't know the DRDA code (or 
the spec), since it is pretty big. For instance, I see the following 
check in DDMWriter.finalizeChain:

resetChainState();
if (offset != 0) {
	try {
		flush(socketOutputStream);
	catch (...) {...}
}

Can 'offset' ever by 0 when finalizeChain is called and the server 
actually believes it has data to send?




--
Kristian