Activities in Brief


Table 7.1 lists the basic activities available to a BPEL-process developer. Table 7.2 lists the structured activities.

Table 7.1: BPEL basic activities
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Basic activity

Purpose

assign

Copy one or more values to variables and partner links

compensate

Invoke a set of compensation handlers

compensateScope

Invoke a specific compensation handler

empty

Act as a placeholder

exit

End the process immediately

extensionActivity

Do a task allowed by a technology that extends BPEL

invoke

Invoke a partner service

receive

Receive an inbound message

reply

Reply to an inbound message

rethrow

Re-direct an error from one fault handler to another

throw

Direct an error to a fault handler

validate

Validate one or more variables against their data types

wait

Block processing for a time




SOA for the Business Developer. Concepts, BPEL, and SCA
SOA for the Business Developer: Concepts, BPEL, and SCA (Business Developers series)
ISBN: 1583470654
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 157
Authors: Ben Margolis

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