Forum OpenACS Q&A: Re: Reactivating ACS-Workflow 4.5 (Petri Nets)

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Posted by Frank Bergmann on
Hi Richard,

as Lars said: It's overkill for most of the issues you might encounter. And the Petri-Net-WF is largely based on PlPgSQL, so it's not following the current "callback" coding style at all.

BUT: It's a _real_ workflow.

The new "workflow" module is really a plain state machine, implementing the GoF "State Pattern". "Toolkit" instead of "Solution". Makes a lot of sense, because it's more lightweight, but sometimes you need a real WF, like when coordinating projects in large groups.

Bests,
Frank