TRANSFER Programming Manual

Correspondent Name Examples
Naming TRANSFER Objects
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If trigger is omitted, the TRANSFER delivery system must use a search list and
scan internal directories to fully resolve the correspondent name. A standard
search list is built for each depot when the depot is created.
node
is the name of the network node where the correspondent is registered. You can
address any correspondent in the network by name. Only alphanumeric
characters are allowed. You must omit the backslash (\) with which the name
begins in GUARDIAN 90 EXPAND format. The node identified as \NY, for
example, is referenced as simply NY in your application program.
Embedded blanks are allowed between trigger and node. If node is omitted,
the TRANSFER delivery system assumes the local node.
You can omit the node specification if the correspondent is registered (defined) at
the node where your process is running. A process running on the system named
\TM, for example, could address a correspondent named Parker-Jonathan @ TM
simply by referencing Parker-Jonathan in the appropriate UOW.
Correspondent Name
Examples
Examples of correspondent names are:
BRADLEY-ANNE a person at the local node
CAMERON-ROBERT @ a person at the local node with the name fully qualified
PROCESS-A @ TM a process at node \TM
INVENTORY @ CORPR an application at node \CORPR
SALES-MGR @ CORPR a person at node \CORPR
Recipient Names A process that adds recipients to a package or distribution list uses an extended form
of correspondent name called a recipient name. The recipient name can include a
suffix enclosed in parentheses. The TRANSFER delivery system carries the suffix
within packages for use by agents or other subsystems in your application. The
primary purpose of the suffix is to pass additional addressing information between
Tandem networks and other networks.
The suffix is not considered part of the correspondent name and is not used in name
resolution. The suffix does, however, determine whether a name is a duplicate; two
names that differ only in their suffixes refer to the same depot, but are carried in
packages as distinct names. If a package is addressed to GREEN (6634) and GREEN
(6635), for example, both names are carried in the recipient list but the package is
delivered only once; the package is delivered to the INBOX at the GREEN depot.
Calls to agents at that depot, however, would take place once for each suffix.
Note Suffixes apply to correspondent names but not to distribution list names. The TRANSFER delivery
system accepts a suffix in any recipient name, but actually uses the suffix only if the recipient is an
individual correspondent. If the recipient name identifies a distribution list, the TRANSFER delivery
system strips away the suffix.