/// <summary>
/// Method intended to be called when starting a processing step in the middle of an orchestration. It is expected
/// that a tracking context has been created previously, at the start of the orchestration by a call to <see
/// cref="Process.Initiate(XLANGMessage)"/> or by a call to this method. A new processing step tracking activity
/// is always started, and it is always linked to the process tracking activity identified in <paramref
/// name="trackingContext"/>.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="trackingContext">
/// The tracking context that is applicable just before entering the new processing step.
/// </param>
/// <param name="processingStepName">
/// The name of the processing step entered.
/// </param>
/// <returns>
/// The new <see cref="TrackingContext"/> for the processing step scope.
/// </returns>
public static TrackingContext Initiate(TrackingContext trackingContext, string processingStepName)
{
if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(processingStepName))
{
throw new ArgumentException("Processing step name is null or empty.", "processingStepName");
}
if (trackingContext.ProcessActivityId.IsNullOrEmpty())
{
throw new ArgumentException("trackingContext.ProcessActivityId is null or empty: process tracking has not been initiated.", "trackingContext");
}
var processingStep = new ProcessingStep();
processingStep.BeginProcessingStepActivity();
processingStep.BeginTime = DateTime.UtcNow;
processingStep.MachineName = Environment.MachineName;
processingStep.ProcessActivityID = trackingContext.ProcessActivityId;
processingStep.Status = TrackingStatus.Pending;
processingStep.StepName = processingStepName;
// set up continuation for later processing step completion or failure
processingStep.EnableContinuation();
processingStep.CommitProcessingStepActivity();
processingStep.EndProcessingStepActivity();
// propagate the tracking context with this processing step's activity id
var newTrackingContext = trackingContext;
newTrackingContext.ProcessingStepActivityId = processingStep.ActivityId;
return(newTrackingContext);
}
private static void Terminate(TrackingContext trackingContext, string status, string errorDescription)
{
if (trackingContext.ProcessingStepActivityId.IsNullOrEmpty())
{
throw new ArgumentException("trackingContext.ProcessingStepActivityId is null or empty: processing step tracking has not been initiated.", "trackingContext");
}
var processingStep = new ProcessingStep(ContinuationPrefix + trackingContext.ProcessingStepActivityId)
{
EndTime = DateTime.UtcNow,
ErrorDescription = errorDescription,
MachineName = Environment.MachineName,
Status = status
};
processingStep.CommitProcessingStepActivity();
processingStep.EndProcessingStepActivity();
}