Using the workflow API
If we look at the Order Fulfillment process, which is used to complete the sale for items won at an auction, it is a prime candidate for Human Workflow, as it will need to proceed through the following steps in order to complete the sale:
- Buyer specifies shipping details (for example, address and method of postage)
- Seller confirms shipping cost
- Buyer notifies the seller that a payment for the item has been made
- Seller confirms receipt of payment
- Seller notifies the buyer that the item has been shipped
- Buyer confirms receipt of item
You may recall from Chapter 10, oBay Introduction that we've decided to build a custom user interface for oBay's customers. As part of the UI, we need to enable users to perform each task required to ...
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