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Workflow-0.15
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Changes for version 0.15 - 2004-10-17

  • CPAN/Install notes:
    • You should now be able to reference the Workflow module via CPAN with 'install Workflow' and such. Thanks to Michael Schwern (RT bug #8011) and the PAUSE indexing server for the reports.
    • Also thanks to Michael Roberts for releasing the 'Workflow' namespace to this module. If you're interested in workflows I strongly encourage you to check out his wftk (Workflow Toolkit) project along with the Perl interface when it's released.
      • http://www.vivtek.com/wftk.html
  • Build.PL/Makefile.PL:
    • Add Class::Factory as dependency. Thanks to Michael Schwern for the pointer via RT (bug #8010)-- during my presentation to pgh.pm on the Workflow module no less! (I added a reference to the presentation in README and Workflow.pm)
    • Add Class::Observable as dependency for new functionality.
  • eg/ticket/ticket.pl:
    • Ensure we actually delete the SQLite database file if it exists.
  • t/TestUtil.pm:
    • Always store the logfile from testing in the 't/' directory.
  • Workflow:
    • Workflows are now observable. Big thanks to Tom Moertel <tmoertel@cpan.org> for the suggestion. See WORKFLOWS ARE OBSERVABLE in docs.
    • In previous versions most properties were read-only but it wasn't enforced. Now it is.
  • Workflow::Factory:
    • Add the ability to register observers from the 'workflow' configuration and add them to workflows created from fetch_workflow() and create_workflow(). Configuration information available in Workflow.pm.

Modules

Workflow
Simple, flexible system to implement workflows
Workflow::Action
Base class for Workflow actions
Workflow::Action::InputField
Metadata about information required by an Action
Workflow::Action::Null
Workflow action for the terminally lazy
Workflow::Base
Base class with constructor
Workflow::Condition
Evaluate a condition depending on the workflow state and environment
Workflow::Condition::Evaluate
Inline condition that evaluates perl code for truth
Workflow::Condition::HasUser
Condition to determine if a user is available
Workflow::Config
Parse configuration files for the workflow components
Workflow::Config::Perl
Parse workflow configurations as Perl data structures
Workflow::Config::XML
Parse workflow configurations from XML content
Workflow::Context
Data blackboard for Workflows, Actions, Conditions and Validators
Workflow::Exception
Base class for workflow exceptions
Workflow::Factory
Generates new workflow and supporting objects
Workflow::History
Recorded work on a workflow action or workflow itself
Workflow::Persister
Base class for workflow persistence
Workflow::Persister::DBI
Persist workflow and history to DBI database
Workflow::Persister::DBI::AutoGeneratedId
Pull IDs from databases that autogenerate them
Workflow::Persister::DBI::ExtraData
Fetch extra data with each workflow and put it into the context
Workflow::Persister::DBI::SequenceId
Persister to fetch ID from a sequence
Workflow::Persister::File
Persist workflow and history to the filesystem
Workflow::Persister::RandomId
Persister to generate random ID
Workflow::Persister::SPOPS
Persist workflows using SPOPS
Workflow::Persister::UUID
Persister to generate Universally Unique Identifiers
Workflow::State
Information about an individual state in a workflow
Workflow::Validator
Ensure data are valid
Workflow::Validator::HasRequiredField
Validator to ensure certain data are in the context
Workflow::Validator::InEnumeratedType
Ensure a value is one of a declared set of values
Workflow::Validator::MatchesDateFormat
Ensure a stringified date matches a given pattern

Examples

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