AWS SWF Component

Table of Contents

URI Format
URI Options
Usage
Dependencies
See Also

Available as of Camel 2.13

The Simple Workflow component supports managing workflows from Amazon’s Simple Workflow service.

Prerequisites

You must have a valid Amazon Web Services developer account, and be signed up to use Amazon Simple Workflow. More information are available at Amazon Simple Workflow.

URI Format

aws-swf://<workflow|activity>[?options]

You can append query options to the URI in the following format, ?options=value&option2=value&…​

URI Options

The AWS Simple Workflow component has no options.

The AWS Simple Workflow component supports 30 endpoint options which are listed below:

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NameGroupDefaultJava TypeDescription

type

common

 

String

Required Activity or workflow

accessKey

common

 

String

Amazon AWS Access Key.

amazonSWClient

common

 

AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient

To use the given AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient as client

dataConverter

common

 

DataConverter

An instance of com.amazonaws.services.simpleworkflow.flow.DataConverter to use for serializing/deserializing the data.

domainName

common

 

String

The workflow domain to use.

eventName

common

 

String

The workflow or activity event name to use.

secretKey

common

 

String

Amazon AWS Secret Key.

version

common

 

String

The workflow or activity event version to use.

bridgeErrorHandler

consumer

false

boolean

Allows for bridging the consumer to the Camel routing Error Handler which mean any exceptions occurred while the consumer is trying to pickup incoming messages or the likes will now be processed as a message and handled by the routing Error Handler. By default the consumer will use the org.apache.camel.spi.ExceptionHandler to deal with exceptions that will be logged at WARN/ERROR level and ignored.

exceptionHandler

consumer (advanced)

 

ExceptionHandler

To let the consumer use a custom ExceptionHandler. Notice if the option bridgeErrorHandler is enabled then this options is not in use. By default the consumer will deal with exceptions that will be logged at WARN/ERROR level and ignored.

exchangePattern

consumer (advanced)

 

ExchangePattern

Sets the exchange pattern when the consumer creates an exchange.

clientConfigurationParameters

advanced

 

Map

To configure the ClientConfiguration using the key/values from the Map.

startWorkflowOptionsParameters

advanced

 

Map

To configure the StartWorkflowOptions using the key/values from the Map.

sWClientParameters

advanced

 

Map

To configure the AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient using the key/values from the Map.

synchronous

advanced

false

boolean

Sets whether synchronous processing should be strictly used or Camel is allowed to use asynchronous processing (if supported).

activityList

activity

 

String

The list name to consume activities from.

activitySchedulingOptions

activity

 

ActivitySchedulingOptions

Activity scheduling options

activityThreadPoolSize

activity

100

int

Maximum number of threads in work pool for activity.

activityTypeExecutionOptions

activity

 

ActivityTypeExecutionOptions

Activity execution options

activityTypeRegistrationOptions

activity

 

ActivityTypeRegistrationOptions

Activity registration options

childPolicy

workflow

 

String

The policy to use on child workflows when terminating a workflow.

executionStartToCloseTimeout

workflow

3600

String

Set the execution start to close timeout.

operation

workflow

START

String

Workflow operation

signalName

workflow

 

String

The name of the signal to send to the workflow.

stateResultType

workflow

 

String

The type of the result when a workflow state is queried.

taskStartToCloseTimeout

workflow

600

String

Set the task start to close timeout.

terminationDetails

workflow

 

String

Details for terminating a workflow.

terminationReason

workflow

 

String

The reason for terminating a workflow.

workflowList

workflow

 

String

The list name to consume workflows from.

workflowTypeRegistrationOptions

workflow

 

WorkflowTypeRegistrationOptions

Workflow registration options

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Required SWF component options

You have to provide the amazonSWClient in the Registry or your accessKey and secretKey to access the Amazon’s Simple Workflow Service.

Usage

Message headers evaluated by the SWF Workflow Producer

A workflow producer allows interacting with a workflow. It can start a new workflow execution, query its state, send signals to a running workflow, or terminate and cancel it.

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelSWFOperation

String

The operation to perform on the workflow. Supported operations are: SIGNAL, CANCEL, TERMINATE, GET_STATE, START, DESCRIBE, GET_HISTORY.

CamelSWFWorkflowId

String

A workflow ID to use.

CamelAwsDdbKeyCamelSWFRunId

String

A worfklow run ID to use.

CamelSWFStateResultType

String

The type of the result when a workflow state is queried.

CamelSWFEventName

String

The workflow or activity event name to use.

CamelSWFVersion

String

The workflow or activity event version to use.

CamelSWFReason

String

The reason for terminating a workflow.

CamelSWFDetails

String

Details for terminating a workflow.

CamelSWFChildPolicy

String

The policy to use on child workflows when terminating a workflow.

Message headers set by the SWF Workflow Producer

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelSWFWorkflowId

String

The worfklow ID used or newly generated.

CamelAwsDdbKeyCamelSWFRunId

String

The worfklow run ID used or generated.

Message headers set by the SWF Workflow Consumer

A workflow consumer represents the workflow logic. When it is started, it will start polling workflow decision tasks and process them. In addition to processing decision tasks, a workflow consumer route, will also receive signals (send from a workflow producer) or state queries. The primary purpose of a workflow consumer is to schedule activity tasks for execution using activity producers. Actually activity tasks can be scheduled only from a thread started by a workflow consumer.

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelSWFAction

String

Indicates what type is the current event: CamelSWFActionExecute, CamelSWFSignalReceivedAction or CamelSWFGetStateAction.

CamelSWFWorkflowReplaying

boolean

Indicates whether the current decision task is a replay or not.

CamelSWFWorkflowStartTime

long

The time of the start event for this decision task.

Message headers set by the SWF Activity Producer

An activity producer allows scheduling activity tasks. An activity producer can be used only from a thread started by a workflow consumer ie, it can process synchronous exchanges started by a workflow consumer.

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelSWFEventName

String

The activity name to schedule.

CamelSWFVersion

String

The activity version to schedule.

Message headers set by the SWF Activity Consumer

HeaderTypeDescription

CamelSWFTaskToken

String

The task token that is required to report task completion for manually completed tasks.

Advanced amazonSWClient configuration

If you need more control over the AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient instance configuration you can create your own instance and refer to it from the URI:

The #client refers to a AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient in the Registry.

For example if your Camel Application is running behind a firewall:

AWSCredentials awsCredentials = new BasicAWSCredentials("myAccessKey", "mySecretKey");
ClientConfiguration clientConfiguration = new ClientConfiguration();
clientConfiguration.setProxyHost("http://myProxyHost");
clientConfiguration.setProxyPort(8080);

AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient client = new AmazonSimpleWorkflowClient(awsCredentials, clientConfiguration);

registry.bind("client", client);

Dependencies

Maven users will need to add the following dependency to their pom.xml.

pom.xml

<dependency>
    <groupId>org.apache.camel</groupId>
    <artifactId>camel-aws</artifactId>
    <version>${camel-version}</version>
</dependency>

where ${camel-version} must be replaced by the actual version of Camel (2.13 or higher).

See Also

AWS Component