Workflow::Factory 0.28

Workflow::Factory is a Perl module that generates new workflow and supporting objects.

SYNOPSIS

# Import the singleton for easy access
use Workflow::Factory qw( FACTORY );

# Add XML configurations to the factory
FACTORY->add_config_from_file( workflow => workflow.xml,
action => [ myactions.xml, otheractions.xml ],
validator => [ validator.xml, myvalidators.xml ],
condition => condition.xml,
persister => persister.xml );

# Create a new workflow of type MyWorkflow
my $wf = FACTORY->create_workflow( MyWorkflow );

# Fetch an existing workflow with ID 25
my $wf = FACTORY->fetch_workflow( MyWorkflow, 25 );

Public

The Workflow Factory is your primary interface to the workflow system. You give it the configuration files and/or data structures for the Workflow, Workflow::Action, Workflow::Condition, Workflow::Persister, and Workflow::Validator objects and then you ask it for new and existing Workflow objects.

Internal

Developers using the workflow system should be familiar with how the factory processes configurations and how it makes the various components of the system are instantiated and stored in the factory.