Comparing WS-BPEL 2.0 to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF)
WS-BPEL is very much a subset of what can be represented using WF. Think of WF as a "graph of activities" that can be transformed to virtually any workflow standard. I'll try to post a similar comparison between WS-BPEL 2.0 and XPDL 2.0 later this week.
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BPEL Activity |
WF Activity |
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<receive> |
Workflow start or WebServiceReceive |
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<reply> |
Workflow finish or WebServiceResponse |
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<sequence> |
Sequence |
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<assign> |
Code |
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<while> |
While |
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<if>, <elseif> |
IfElse |
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<invoke> |
InvokeWebService |
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<scope> |
Scope |
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<flow> |
Parallel |
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<pick> |
Listen |
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<throw> |
Throw |
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<compensate> |
Compensate |
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<exit> |
Terminate |
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<wait> |
Delay , Suspend |
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<faultHandlers> |
ExceptionHandler/ExceptionHandlers |
