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#
# This is the code used in the blog post :
# http://jmettraux.wordpress.com/2007/12/03/state-machine/
#


# some setup

require 'openwfe/def'
require 'openwfe/engine'
require 'openwfe/participants'

engine = OpenWFE::Engine.new

alice = engine.register_participant(
    :alice, OpenWFE::HashParticipant)
bob = engine.register_participant(
    :bob, OpenWFE::HashParticipant)

class MyDefinition < OpenWFE::ProcessDefinition
    sequence do
        alice
        bob
    end
end

# later ...

#fei = engine.launch MyDefinition
#
#sleep 0.050
#    # it's asynchronous, so...
#
#puts "alice holds #{alice.size} workitem(s)"
#puts "bob   holds #{bob.size} workitem(s)"
#
#puts engine.process_status(fei)


class My2ndDefinition < OpenWFE::ProcessDefinition
    sequence do
        at :state => "redaction"
        alice
        at :state => "correction"
        bob
        alice
        at :state => "approval"
        charly
    end

    process_definition :name => "at" do
        set :var => "/state", :val => "${state}"
    end
end

#fei = engine.launch My2ndDefinition
#
#sleep 0.050
#
#puts "state : " + engine.lookup_variable(
#    'state', fei.workflow_instance_id)

class My3rdDefinition < OpenWFE::ProcessDefinition
    sequence do
        alice :tag => "redaction"
        sequence :tag => "correction" do
            bob
            alice
        end
        charly :tag => "approval"
    end
end

fei = engine.launch My3rdDefinition

sleep 0.050

puts "state : " + engine.process_status(
    fei.workflow_instance_id).tags.inspect

Version data entries

2 entries across 2 versions & 2 rubygems

Version	Path
openwferu-0.9.17	examples/about_state.rb
ruote-0.9.18	examples/about_state.rb