Non-persistent service support in transactional application support environments

A machine-readable medium encoded with a program for providing support for a non-persistent service, said program containing instructions for performing the steps of:

• receiving a request for a transaction associated with a non-persistent service;
• determining whether the transaction can be executed;
• placing a message associated with the request in a queue;
• and
• if the transaction can be executed, sending the message to the non-persistent service and removing the message from the queue.

A web application server comprising:

• an first interface for receiving a request for a transaction associated with a non-persistent service;
• a processor for determining whether the web application server can execute the transaction;
• a queue for storing a message associated with the request;
• and
• a second interface for sending the message to the non-persistent service if the web application server can execute the transaction,
• wherein the message is removed from the queue if the web application server can execute the transaction.