Chapter 8 Building an Executable BPM: Managing Data and Choreography
You can modify an object's properties from its property sheet. To open an event property sheet, double-click its name in the List of Events or its Browser entry in the Events folder. The following table details the General tab that contains the properties most commonly entered for events.
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The name of the item which should be clear and meaningful, and should convey the item's purpose to non-technical users |
| Code | The technical name of the item used for generating code or scripts, which may be abbreviated, and should not generally include spaces |
| Comment | Descriptive comment for the object |
| Stereotype | Extends the semantics of an object derived from existing objects but specific to your needs. You can type stereotypes directly in the Stereotype box of the object property sheet or select a stereotype from the list of the following predefined stereotypes: Fault, Timer, Compensation |
You can click the Stereotype list to select one of the following predefined stereotypes for an event:
| Predefined stereotype | Description |
|---|---|
| Fault | A Fault event corresponds to the occurrence of an error in the normal execution of the process |
| Timer | A Timer event corresponds to a time event and needs to specify a duration or absolute time. For example: "each Sunday" is a deadline and "1 hour" is a duration. You can define the Timer expression or value in the Expression box |
| Compensation | A Compensation event corresponds to the invocation of process compensation. The compensation is a special kind of event that allows to cancel the actions performed by an already terminated process |
If used to implement an activity that generates an event:
For more information about the generation of an event, see section Type property of the Implementation tab.
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