}
// 4. post process, reply to client
SCMessage replyToClient = null;
Integer nrOfAppendix = reply.getHeaderInt(SCMPHeaderAttributeKey.NR_OF_APPENDIX);
SC_CACHING_METHOD cachingMethod = SC_CACHING_METHOD
.getCachingMethod(reply.getHeader(SCMPHeaderAttributeKey.CACHING_METHOD));
if (nrOfAppendix != null) {
replyToClient = this.pollAppendices(operationTimeoutSeconds, nrOfAppendix, scMessage.getCacheId());
} else if (cachingMethod == SC_CACHING_METHOD.INITIAL) {