248Patterns: Building Serial and Parallel Processes for IBM WebSphere Process Server V6
Events
An event causes a transition from one state to another. The business state
machine, being an SCA component, is represented by an interface. Each
event is represented by an SCA operation on that interface. In Figure 11-6,
events are indicated by a gear ().
Transitions
React to an event by moving the business state machine from one state to
another. They are indicated by the arrows () in Figure 11-6.
Conditions
Conditions are boolean functions that can block the transition. A transition
only occurs if its condition evaluates to
true. Condition
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month, and much more.
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.
Julian F.
Head of Cybersecurity
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.
Addison B.
Field Engineer
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.
Amir M.
Data Platform Tech Lead
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.