Workflows

This reference covers every primitive, configuration option, and pattern available in the Axon Workflow Engine.

New to the engine? Start with the Getting Started tutorial first.

Steps

Execute Steps—Run actions synchronously (awaitExecute) or asynchronously (execute)
Waiting for Events—Suspend until external events arrive (awaitEvent, waitForEvent, sleep)
Understanding Steps—Cross-cutting concerns: timeouts, payload reducers, error handling, event naming, execution semantics

Workflow lifecycle

Workflow Lifecycle—States, fail vs cancel, lifecycle listeners

Orchestration

Step Orchestration—Combinators: allMatch, anyMatch, noneMatch

Patterns

Common Patterns—Fan-out/fan-in, saga, scatter-gather, human-in-the-loop, circuit breaker, sub-workflows

Data & configuration

Payload & State—Reading, setting, and managing durable workflow state
Configuration—Declarative setup, workflow modules, metadata propagation, custom contexts

Testing

Testing Workflows—Integration tests with AbstractDeclarativeTestBase