P Flow Service (com.ibi.agents.XDPFlowAgent)

Syntax:

com.ibi.agents.XDPFlowAgent

iIT Service Object:

misc: P Flow Agent

Description:

This service passes the input document through a process defined in the System area.

Parameters:

Parameter	Description
Name of the PFLOW *	The name of the process flow to run. This value could be a string value or a SREG reference for dynamic process flow invocation. In order for the service to be successful, the referenced process flow must be deployed as a service during run time.
Called at EOS?	In a streaming environment, EOS (End of Stream) is the short message that is sent after the last document, which signifies the EOS. This parameter determines whether this service should be called for the EOS message. The default value is false.

Edges:

The following table lists the available line edges for the P Flow Service (com.ibi.agents.XDPFlowAgent).

Line Edge	Description
OnError	Error
OnSuccess	Success
OnFailure	Failure
OnCustom	OnError OnSuccess OnFailure fail_parse fail_notfound fail_timeout

Example:

In a use case scenario, the process flow service can be used to invoke a specified process flow. It can be used in situations where a specific process flow must be invoked dynamically, or when its parameters are being determined in the workflow. For example, you can call a process flow name stored as an SREG value.

The following is an example of configuration settings for a PFlow service object in iIT Designer:

Using an SREG allows you to add or change the name or list of names for the process flow to be called without modifying the original caller process flow.

The single or multiple process flows that are being called need to be deployed as services in order to be found by the PFlow service. Services can be deployed using the iWay Service Manager Administration Console from the Services category in the Deployments section, as shown in the following image.