inForceDate is applied in the transfer phase not in the contract negotiation phase

[mokhairymahmoud]

Overview

When the edc:inForceDate is applied to a policy attached to a contract and the condition is met, the contract will negociate correctly yet the data transfer will fail due to the expiration of the inForceDate.

The behavior of the data transfer is normal but it is expected that the contract doesn't negociate as the inForceDate has been exceeded.

Context:

The application of the CONTRACT_EXPIRY_EVALUATION_KEY is mentioned here which binds the inForceDate to the transfer scope only.

[mokhairymahmoud]

After checking with the team, the inForceDate is designed to be applied after the contract agreement only. So for a inForceDate that has been exceeded, the transfer process will be halted but the contract negotiation will pass successfully.