Tip: Use XML to Send SMS Messages

By Nicholas Chase
2005-04-11

Message Responses

Once the message is received and dealt with, the receiver sends a response. If all has gone well, it sends a SuccessResponse, such as:

Listing 5. Sample SuccessResponse

<SOAP:Envelope xmlns:SOAP="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope"

           xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

           xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope

                                 http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">

   <SOAP:Header>

      <MMAP:MMAPHeader SOAP:mustUnderstand="1"

             xmlns:MMAP="http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/mmap/v1.0"

             xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/mmap/v1.0

                       http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/mmap/v1.0/mmap.xsd">

         <MMAP:ApplicationContext bodyType="SuccessResponse"

                                 sourceOperationReference="1138"/>

      </MMAP:MMAPHeader>

   </SOAP:Header>

   <SOAP:Body>



      <SMAP:SubmitResponse 

          xmlns:SMAP="http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/smap/v1.0"

          xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/smap/v1.0

               http://www.smsforum.net/schemas/smap/v1.0/smap.xsd">



         <SMAP:MessageRef>3263827</SMAP:MessageRef>



      </SMAP:SubmitResponse>



   </SOAP:Body>

</SOAP:Envelope>

In this case, the body contains a SubmitResponse with a reference number, but no indication of whether the operation succeeded or not. That information resides in the ApplicationContext element, where the bodyType is set as SuccessResponse. The sourceOperationReference refers back to the value provided with the original request, so they can be correlated.

Tutorial Pages:
» Reap the benefits of MMAP and SMAP
» What is SMS?
» SMAP messages
» A Simple MMAP Conversation
» Message Responses
» Other Options
» Resources

First published by IBM developerWorks

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