another question is that, the code which defines the activity does not 
know the exact name of the activity instance in the workflow definition 
file

Wei Tan wrote:
> Alan Williams wrote:
>   
>> Wei Tan wrote:
>>  > Hi,
>>  >
>>  >    We have developed a plug-in activity (let's call it activity C) which
>>  > will connect to a WSDL activity. In C we need to know the URL of the
>>  > WSDL activity which it connects.
>>
>> What happens if it is connected to more than one activity?  What if it 
>> is connected to, say, a Beanshell or a workflow output port?
>>   
>>     
> It could connect to more than one activities (beanshell, output port, 
> etc), but it should connect to one WSDL activity.
>   
>>  > Is there a API to get it? I guess a feasible approach is to parse the
>>  > current editing workflow model, get the link starts from C and then find
>>  > the target WSDL activity?
>>
>> Yes, you would need to get the connections of the port and see what is 
>> at the end of those connections.
>>
>> It sounds as if you are "asking the wrong question" :-)  Are you sure 
>> you want to do this as a stand-alone activity?
>>   
>>     
> You can think it as a helper activity to generate an input soap msg for 
> a wsdl activity more easily.
> I can embed it into a wsdl activity (and then I will have a new combo 
> activity) but users may be
> confused of so many activity types...
>
>
> Thanks Alan,
>
> Wei
>   
>>  >    Any suggestion is appreciated.
>>  >
>>  >    Best regards,
>>  >
>>  > Wei
>>
>> Alan
>>
>>
>>
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