Re: Nested Workflows....

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"jason vorhees" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I am looking for either a usable design pattern, or
> actual functionality that will solve the following any
> ideas would be helpful:
>
> Order Workflow:
> There are several step involved completing an order
> workflow..
>
> From within the context of an order workflow there are
> 1 to N (unknown) elements of an order that must
> complete its own workflow.
> once all elements are completed the top level (order
> workflow) can continue.
> I do not know of any nested workflow tags from the
> DTD, nor any Loop logic.
>
> Currently i am implementing a class that i use as a
> condition to check if all elements associated to an
> order have completed their workflow, before allowing
> the wf to move to the next step.
>
> It seems that this would be a common pattern in a
> workflow and wondered if others had come up with a
> more elegant solution.  Or if 'nested' workflows or
> loops should be built into the workflow descriptor.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
> TJ
>
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