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Basic Activities
Activity Activity
An Activity describes an atomic task in the process. An Activity has
  • name
  • type
  • benefit
  • cost
attributes.
Assignment Assignment
An Assignment describes a data item in the process. An Assignment has
  • name
  • type
  • location
attributes.
Copy Copy
Copy describes data propagation in the process. Copy has
  • name
  • type
  • benefit
  • cost
  • from - source of copy
  • to - target of copy
attributes.
REST Invoke REST Invoke
REST Invoke describes the invocation of RESTful Web services. REST Invoke has
  • name
  • type
  • benefit
  • cost
  • input - input assignment
  • output - output assignment
attributes. You can add REST Web services by the use of the WADL Explorer.
WSDL Invoke WSDL Invoke
WSDL Invoke describes the invocation of Web services. WSDL Invoke has
  • name
  • type
  • benefit
  • cost
  • input - input assignment
  • output - output assignment
attributes. You can add Web services by the use of the WSDL Explorer.
Structured Activities
If If
If describes conditional execution of process parts. If has
  • name
  • type
  • expression - the condition between if and else branches
  • is executing
attributes. You can add Basic and Structured activities to this activity as you like.
Message Handler Message Handler
Message Handler describes event - based execution of process parts. Message Handler has
  • name
  • type
  • is executing
attributes. You can add Basic and Structured activities to this activity as you like. As illustrated in the example above messages can be added to the Message Handler for each activity. Messages have a Message attribute.
Parallel Parallel
Parallel describes parallel execution of process parts. Parallel has
  • name
  • type
  • is executing
attributes. You can add Basic and Structured activities to this activity as you like.
Switch Switch
Switch describes conditional execution of process parts. Switch has
  • name
  • type
  • expression - the condition to choose branches
  • is executing
attributes. You can add Basic and Structured activities to this activity as you like. For case branches you need to provide a matching condition to match to the switch - expression (for the default branch you do not need to provide any matches).
While While
While describes conditional iteration of process parts. While has
  • name
  • type
  • expression - the break condition
  • is executing
attributes. You can add Basic and Structured activities to this activity as you like.
Wizards
WADL Explorer WADL Explorer
With the WADL Explorer you can manage your WADL definitions. expressFlow handles RESTful Web service descriptions by the use of WADL. With the WADL Explorer you can add or delete RESTful Web services to your processes.
WSDL Explorer WSDL Explorer
With the WSDL Explorer you can manage your WSDL definitions. expressFlow handles Web service descriptions by the use of WSDL. With the WADL Explorer you can add or delete RESTful Web services to your processes.
WADL Generation WSDL Explorer
expressFlow enables the generation of WADL definitions from URIs. Please refer to expressREST for more details about REST architectures and how expressFlow fits into this style.
WADL Integration WSDL Explorer
expressFlow enables the integration of existing WADL definitions into your processes.

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