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Changes for version 0.32_5 - 2008-11-13

  • Fixed regular expression in t/TestDBUtil.pm, we see alot of failing tests because the root directory did not necessarily match the expected. The new regex is a bit more loose. The branch itself (t_vs_struct) demonstrates the problem.
    • See also failing tests at:
    • http://www.cpantesters.org/show/Workflow.html#Workflow-0.32_4

Changes for version 0.32_4 - 2008-08-19

  • Added List::MoreUtils to requirements, we use this for test, I have moved the test related modules to the build_requires section in Build.PL, so List::MoreUtils is not mistaken for an application level module
  • Some of the new tests distributed with 0.32_3 fail. We are looking at actions returned as an array, but since they originate from a hash, the order is not given as assumed in the test.
    • Updated the test and bumped up the version of t/TestUtil.pm to 0.02
    • Refactored two tests, to use List::MoreUtils all method (asserting presence of numerous actions)

Changes for version 0.32_3 - 2008-08-16

  • Updated MANIFEST and MANIFEST.SKIP, some stuff was not included
  • Fixed minor bug in error message in: Workflow::State, reported by Robert Stockdale, RT #38023

Changes for version 0.32_2 - 2008-04-20

  • This is yet another developer release introducing a more fine grained control of the auto commit feature, implemented by Jim Brandt, we are very interested in feedback on this release, so please consider joining the mailing list or send feedback to jonasbn@cpan.org directly.
  • The auto_commit feature is however still defaulting to enabled to respect backwards compatibility and the control is experimental, hence the developer release
    • The example application in eg/ seemed to have some issues, these have been addressed also
      • Updated: eg/ticket/App/Condition/IsWorker.pm eg/ticket/ticket.pl lib/Workflow.pm lib/Workflow/Persister/DBI.pm lib/Workflow/Factory.pm lib/Workflow/Persister.pm
      • Added: t/persister_dbi_sqlite.t t/TestDBUtil.pm

Changes for version 0.32_1 - 2008-04-06

  • This is a developer release introducing typed condition, implemented by Jim Brandt, we are very interested in feedback on this release, so please consider joining the mailing list or send feedback to jonasbn@cpan.org directly.
  • Typed conditions makes it possible for different workflows to hold unique methods for workflow steps even with names colliding.
    • Example workflow foo and bar can have a condition baz, but baz are two different implementations in foo and bar respectively
      • Updated: t/cached_conditions.t t/factory.t t/state.t t/TestUtil.t t/condition.t t/workflow_type.t t/config.t t/workflow.t
        • Workflow Workflow::Factory Workflow::Config Workflow::Config::XML Workflow::Config::Perl Workflow::Action Workflow::State Workflow::Condition Workflow::Persister::DBI Workflow::History Workflow::Persister::SPOPS
      • Introduced t/state_perl.t t/TestApp/Action/TicketCreateType.pm t/TestApp/Condition/HasUserType.pm t/workflow_action_type.perl t/workflow_action_type.xml t/workflow_condition_type.perl t/workflow_condition_type.xml t/workflow_persister.perl t/workflow_persister.xml t/workflow_type.perl t/workflow_type.xml
  • This release also holds new tests of persister configurations, there is however always room for more
  • time_zone parameter can now be passer around for use by the Workflow DateTime objects internally

Modules

Simple, flexible system to implement workflows
Base class for Workflow actions
Metadata about information required by an Action
a stub for a SMTP capable action
Workflow action for the terminally lazy
Base class with constructor
Evaluate a condition depending on the workflow state and environment
Inline condition that evaluates perl code for truth
Condition to determine if a user is available
Parse configuration files for the workflow components
Parse workflow configurations as Perl data structures
Parse workflow configurations from XML content
Data blackboard for Workflows, Actions, Conditions and Validators
Base class for workflow exceptions
Generates new workflow and supporting objects
Recorded work on a workflow action or workflow itself
Base class for workflow persistence
Persist workflow and history to DBI database
Pull IDs from databases that autogenerate them
Fetch extra data with each workflow and put it into the context
Persister to fetch ID from a sequence
Persist workflow and history to the filesystem
Persister to generate random ID
Persist workflows using SPOPS
Persister to generate Universally Unique Identifiers
Information about an individual state in a workflow
Ensure data are valid
Validator to ensure certain data are in the context
Ensure a value is one of a declared set of values
Ensure a stringified date matches a given pattern