Trigger patterns

Trigger patterns are a set of patterns that deal with external signals. We will just list the pattern features; however, you will find various occurrences in this book where these patterns are used. There are two variants of trigger patterns: transient trigger and persistent trigger.

Transient trigger pattern

The following table summarizes Transient Trigger Patterns:

Signature

Transient Trigger Patterns

Classification

Trigger Patterns

Intent

The explicit initiation/termination of a task (activity/subprocess) by a signal from the same process or from an external environment.

Motivation

There are cases when an external signal arrives at the process or the process itself raises a signal. However, these signals will be ...

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