Method of Receiving a Message Processable by a Component on One of Plurality of Processing Threads

Am apparatus for receiving a message, the message being processable by a component on one of a plurality of processing threads, the apparatus comprising:

• means for receiving a message from a first component on a current thread;
• means for determining the communication style that was used by the first component;
• means, responsive to receipt of the message, for determining the communication style that is desired to be used by a second component;
• and
• means, responsive to determining that the two components are asynchronous, for communicating with the second component using the current thread.

A computer program product in a computer readable medium for receiving a message, the message being processable by a component on one of a plurality of processing threads, the computer program product comprising computer instructions operable when run on a computer to perform the steps of:

• receiving a message from a first component on a current thread;
• determining the communication style that was used by the first component;
• responsive to receipt of the message determining the communication style that is desired to be used by a second component;
• and
• responsive to determining that the two components are asynchronous, communicating with the second component using the current thread.