IWorkflowDefinition Interface Ingeniux CMS Content Store API
Represents a definition of workflow. Defines a Transitions tree/loop to move Pages through, the Users to assign page to, and the Actions to perform on these transitions.

Namespace: Ingeniux.CMS
Assembly: Ingeniux.CMS.CSAPI (in Ingeniux.CMS.CSAPI.dll) Version: 9.0.565.0 (9.0.565)
Syntax
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public interface IWorkflowDefinition : IEntity, 
	IEntityEvents

The IWorkflowDefinition type exposes the following members.

Properties
  NameDescription
Public propertyCreated
Gets the entity's creation date.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertyCreationUser
Gets the ID of the User who created this entity.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertyDescription
Gets and sets the description of this Workflow Definition.
Public propertyLastModified
Gets the date when the entity was most recently modified.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertyLastModifiedUser
Gets the ID of the User who lasted edited the entity.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertyName
Gets and sets the entity's name.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertySession
Gets the session that retrieved this entity. An entity is always session-specific.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertySessionId
Gets the unique ID of the session that retrieved this entity.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public propertyTransitions
Gets the collection of Transitions that belong to this Workflow Definition.
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Methods
  NameDescription
Public methodAddTransition
Adds a new Transition to this Workflow Definition.
Public methodInitialTransition
Retrieves the Transition that takes the Page from the initial Work State to the next state.
Public methodRemoveTransition
Removes a Transition from the collection.
Public methodTransition
Retrieves a Transition from the collection by its unique ID.
Public methodTransitionByName
Retrieves a Transition from the collection by its name.
Public methodTransitionsCount
Gets the count the Transitions in the collection.
Public methodValidateData
Validates this entity's data. Implemented by concrete inheriting types.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
Public methodValidateUserPermission
Validates the user permission on the current entity. Implemented by concrete inheriting types. It is called automatically upon saving an entity.
(Inherited from IEntity.)
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Events
  NameDescription
Public eventAfterEntitySave
This event is fired after a Entity object is saved.
(Inherited from IEntityEvents.)
Public eventBeforeEntitySave
This event is fired before any Entity object is about to be saved.
(Inherited from IEntityEvents.)
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Remarks

Note the conceptual difference between a Workflow Definition and a workflow:

A Workflow Definition is the host of all the transition information.

A workflow is based on a workflow defintion and is specific to one Page, but it only holds the information on the current state, the most recent transition, and user comments on the most recent transition.

Examples

Serialization of a workflow defintion matches a definition entry in the workflowdefinitions.xml file in previous-generation CMS site content:

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<WorkFlowDefinition Description="Used to track News Articles submitted through the website's entry form." 
    ID="WorkflowDefintions/1" Name="Anonymous News Submission">
  <Transitions>
    <Transition AllowNextGroupToAdvance="false" CurrentStateID="WorkStates/1" DefaultUserID="" Description="" 
        ID="WorkflowTransition_WorkflowDefinitions/1_1" IsDefault="true" Name="Initial" NextGroupID="UserGroups/3" 
        NextStateID="WorkStates/2" ToolbarIcon="" Trigger="OnCreate">
      <Actions NextID="1"/>
    </Transition>
    <Transition CurrentStateID="WorkStates/2" Description="" ID="WorkflowTransition_WorkflowDefinitions/33_1" 
        IsDefault="true" Name="Initial" NextGroupID="UserGroups/4" NextStateID="WorkStates/3" Trigger="OnCreate">
      <Actions NextID="4">
        <Action ID="action_1" Type="MarkForPublish"/>
        <Action ID="action_2" Type="CheckIn"/>
        <Action ID="action_3" Type="Republish"/>
      </Actions>
    </Transition>
  </Transitions>
</WorkFlowDefinition>
See Also

Reference

Ingeniux.CMS Namespace
Ingeniux.CMSIWorkflow
Ingeniux.CMSITransition
Ingeniux.CMSIAction
Ingeniux.CMSIPage