Workflow adaptation advanced scenarios
Hi Dear,
I have some questions with regards to some advanced scenarios for Workflow adaptation:
(1)Customization scenario: using a Workflow definition and a set of customization policies (defined in a separate file) I would like to be able to add, remove and swap activities both statically (prior to running a workflow instance) and dynamically during the workflow runtime. E.g., suppose we have a Workflow for national Trade and another one for International Trade. They both have a lot of things in common and I want to define one common Workflow and manage the differences through policy-based adaptation. I do not want to complicate my workflow with so many if-then-else! I want a Runtime Service to take my adaptation policy and carry out the adaptation.
(2)Fault Management scenario: Again using policies I want my workflow runtime toTransparentlytake some corrective actions when the workflow fails. For examples retry the failed activity, skip it, replace it with equivalent activity...and other fault management policies. Note that I want to keep my workflow business-focused and I do not want to complicate it with middleware concerns. I want to outsource the latter to a runtime service (or any other suitable alternative).
Could you please advice on how the above scenarios can be achieved using WF?
I am looking forward for some answers and advice
Thanks
Kind Regards
Karim
[2592 byte] By [KarimRadi] at [2007-12-21] 