Control Flow

Last modified 27 Mar 2023 22:05 +02:00

Here we describe the definition of control flow for activities.

Not all of these options are supported for all activities! Usually, activities that do not support multi-threading (like cleanup) also do not support these options.

Item Meaning Default

Item	Meaning	Default
`processingOption`	Controls whether the specified activity is executed: if set to `skip`, the activity is skipped.	For simple activities, it is `process`. But for sub-activities in predefined composite activities, it may be different: e.g. the preview-related sub-activities in recomputation are skipped by default.
`bucketProcessingCondition`	Condition for processing or analysing specific buckets. (If present and if returns false, the bucket is marked as complete without any processing, and the next bucket is fetched.)	Processing all buckets.
`itemProcessingCondition`	Condition for processing specific items. (If present and if returns false, the item processing is skipped, and the next item is fetched.)	Processing all items.
`errorHandling`	Error handling strategy for this activity.	Depends on specific activity.
`parallelExecution`	Whether the child activities should be executed in parallel. (This is applicable only to composite activities.)	`false`

processingOption

Controls whether the specified activity is executed: if set to skip, the activity is skipped.

For simple activities, it is process. But for sub-activities in predefined composite activities, it may be different: e.g. the preview-related sub-activities in recomputation are skipped by default.

bucketProcessingCondition

Condition for processing or analysing specific buckets. (If present and if returns false, the bucket is marked as complete without any processing, and the next bucket is fetched.)

Processing all buckets.

itemProcessingCondition

Condition for processing specific items. (If present and if returns false, the item processing is skipped, and the next item is fetched.)

Processing all items.

errorHandling

Error handling strategy for this activity.

Depends on specific activity.

parallelExecution

Whether the child activities should be executed in parallel. (This is applicable only to composite activities.)

false

Items planned but not implemented yet:

Item Meaning Default

Item	Meaning	Default
`activityPrecondition`	An expression that governs whether the current activity should be executed or skipped, or whether the task should stop altogether. Should return a single value of `ActivityPreconditionOutputType`.	Pass.
`prerequisite`	Set of prerequisites i.e. activities that must be complete before this one can start.	The activity just before this one (the sequential processing).
`repeatedExecution`	Should be the activity re-executed when the task is restarted (e.g. resumed)?	-

activityPrecondition

An expression that governs whether the current activity should be executed or skipped, or whether the task should stop altogether. Should return a single value of ActivityPreconditionOutputType.

Pass.

prerequisite

Set of prerequisites i.e. activities that must be complete before this one can start.

The activity just before this one (the sequential processing).

repeatedExecution

Should be the activity re-executed when the task is restarted (e.g. resumed)?

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