Re: [OSWorkflow] Adding workflowinstance reference to transientVars

I would suggest opening a request for this in the bug tracker and Hani and I
will discuss it in more detail. Put your reasons in there (ie: this email)
too :)

-Pat

----- Original Message -----
From: "Thomas NGUYEN" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 5:32 AM
Subject: Re: [Opensymphony-developers] [OSWorkflow] Adding workflowinstance
reference to transientVars


> Le mer 25/06/2003 à 06:49, Hani Suleiman a écrit :
> > Oh, you mean the AbstractWorkflow class? Why? What would this gain you?
>
> An AbstractWorkflow instance is a thing I would have used. I have
> multiple interacting workflow instances (typically a master workflow and
> several slave workflows)
>
> We have been talking about that use case with James Violette and Aníbal
> Rojas on the mailing list about 2 weeks ago.
>
> > I think it would add the potential for a LOT of bad things (eg, what if
> > a function calls an action which calls the function?) If you're needing
> > this, then I think you likely have a pretty bad design...
> It seems to me that what I did is rather clean, but my opinion must be
> biased :)
>
> > It IS possible
> > via BasicWorkflow, but highly discouraged.
> That's what I did.
> It works, but I don't like to instantiate a new BasicWorkflow when I
> could get an already instantiated AbstractWorkflow.
>
> > On Wednesday, June 25, 2003, at 12:21 AM, Walter Chang wrote:
> >
> > > 'entry' is a reference to WorkflowEntry, through that, i still not
> > > able to get to Workflow instance.
> > >
> > > Hani Suleiman wrote:
> > >
> > >> Isn't it already in there, with key 'entry'?
> > >>
> > >> On Tuesday, June 24, 2003, at 11:47 PM, Walter Chang wrote:
> > >>
> > >>> how about adding workflow instance reference to transientVars?  this
> > >>> way, functions, conditions, etc. can get to it without having to add
> > >>> it to inputs map when initializing workflow.
> > >>>
> > >>> walter
> > >>>
> > >>>
>
>
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