September 16, 2008
So by now all of you know that understanding Windows Workflow Foundation is going to be quite helpful in implementing ILM 2.
Having lived 9 of the last 12 months in Redmond, WA, I now understand a lot more about sprinkling
So I thought I would provide a sprinkling of understanding about Windows Workflow Foundation: a categorization of the built in workflows.
| Cateory | Activity | Composite | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conditional | Invoke Web Service | ||
| Conditional | Conditional Activity Group | ||
| Conditional | IfElse | ||
| Conditional | Policy | Akin to a switch statement or Select Case | |
| Conditional | While | ||
| Custom | Code | ||
| Error | Compensate | ||
| Error | Fault Handler | ||
| Error | Throw | ||
| Flow | Delay | ||
| Flow | EventDriven | ||
| Flow | Listen | X | 2+ event driven |
| Flow | Parallel | x | 2+ sequence for each |
| Flow | State | ||
| Flow | Sequence | X | |
| Flow | SetState | ||
| Flow | StateInitialization | X | |
| Flow | Suspend | ||
| Flow | Terminate | ||
| Flow | Transaction Scope |
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