Timeout messages should have a dedicated icon

[dannycohen]

1. Timeout messages (like "BuyersRemorseIsOver" in VideoStore) currently have a standard "Command" icons (see image below)
2. It would be more accurate to provide them with a "timer" icon
3. Tooltip should be changed to:
   • When hovering above message icon: "Saga Timeout Message"
   • When hovering above the connecting line from the message sending the Timeout message to the timeout message: "Requested Saga Timeout"
4. Note this applies to all timeout message, also in Saga View (identified by the "IsSagaTimeoutMessage" = True)

// CC @sergioc , @HEskandari, @udidahan

[dannycohen]

@sergioc - can you propose an appropriate icon for the above ?

[sergioc]

Can Timeout messages be commands or events, or they're on a class of its own?

[dannycohen]

@sergioc - Consider them as a class of their own (i.e. the highlighted icon below should be changed)

[sergioc]

How about the distinction for connector lines?

[dannycohen]

@sergioc - Good point. Makes sense to have such a distinction. Proposals ?

[sergioc]

Need to think about. Are there other types of messages to consider besides these 3?

[dannycohen]

@sergioc - possibly one additional type called "In-memory messages"
(See http://docs.particular.net/NServiceBus/using-the-in-memory-bus)

Not sure whether we can currently identify them but its certainly something worth investigating.

@andreasohlund - is there any indicator in SC we can use to identify in-memory messages ?

@udidahan - Can you specify an in-memory commands or just events ?

[udidahan]

Don’t worry about the in-memory stuff for now. We’re not yet even sure if they should stay.

[andreasohlund]

At this stage we are not auditing inmemory messages so there is no easy way to visualize them.

We need to talk more about inmemory messages since there is alot of different ideas on how they should work

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On 26 jan 2014, at 15:58, Danny Cohen notifications@github.com wrote:

@sergioc - possibly one additional type called "In-memory messages"
(See http://docs.particular.net/NServiceBus/using-the-in-memory-bus)

Not sure whether we can currently identify them but its certainly something worth investigating.

@andreasohlund - is there any indicator in SC we can use to identify in-memory messages ?

@udidahan - Can you specify an in-memory commands or just events ?

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[sergioc]

Icon proposal:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/g7q6hgzd4uyjcb9/Screenshot%202014-02-04%2015.33.37.png

@udidahan @andreasohlund @dannycohen please comment

[udidahan]

The icon is fine, but then the little clock icon beside the saga name is a bit redundant, isn't it?

I'm also still not convinced about having the timeouts appear in the message flow diagram. If a saga requests a timeout, I'd lean to not having it in the flow. On the other hand, if some other object calls Bus.Defer(new SomeTimeout()) then I'm pretty comfortable with having that appear in the flow.

[sergioc]

Yes, little timeout icon is now redundant and could be removed.

[dannycohen]

@udidahan - Lets sync on the timeout representation on all views.

[joj]

This is how it looks right now: