Hi,
being new to workflow, rules etc, trying to figure out whether what I am thinking is a regular scenario in the workflow world or not.
Say, I have this fictitious service called "Pizza Service".
Say I have various service levels, platinum, gold etc and platinum meaning when we serve a table we make sure the drinks are filled up, pizza is served etc ..
Now, say, I have the following workflow:
1. check how many guests on the dining table
2. serve them pizzas
3. serve them drinks
At this point of time, the process is done. Then, let us say, I have a monitoring service that regularly polls the table status. Say, a guest dink needs refill.
Question :
since filling the drinks is one of the steps of the workflow, is there a way to run that process [or a clone of it] and make it to execute that step ?
My main question is: is this kind of "provision a service", "monitor it" and take care of the deltas … is this generally done in workflow systems ?
Can this be done using Activiti [ and is it possible within the normal or will it be stretching the engine/framework ]?
I am still trying to understand whether implementing a workflow is right for our problem or resort to java coding.
thanks
sapra
