Workflow::Factory - Generates new workflow and supporting objects


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NAME

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Workflow::Factory - Generates new workflow and supporting objects

VERSION

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This documentation describes version 1.18 of this package

SYNOPSIS

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 # Import the singleton for easy access
 use Workflow::Factory qw( FACTORY );

 # Add XML configurations to the factory
 FACTORY->add_config_from_file( workflow  => 'workflow.xml',
                                action    => [ 'myactions.xml', 'otheractions.xml' ],
                                validator => [ 'validator.xml', 'myvalidators.xml' ],
                                condition => 'condition.xml',
                                persister => 'persister.xml' );

 # Create a new workflow of type 'MyWorkflow'
 my $wf = FACTORY->create_workflow( 'MyWorkflow' );

 # Fetch an existing workflow with ID '25'
 my $wf = FACTORY->fetch_workflow( 'MyWorkflow', 25 );

DESCRIPTION

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Public

The Workflow Factory is your primary interface to the workflow system. You give it the configuration files and/or data structures for the Workflow, Workflow::Action, Workflow::Condition, Workflow::Persister, and Workflow::Validator objects and then you ask it for new and existing Workflow objects.

Internal

Developers using the workflow system should be familiar with how the factory processes configurations and how it makes the various components of the system are instantiated and stored in the factory.

METHODS

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Public Methods

instance()

The factory is a singleton, this is how you get access to the instance. You can also just import the 'FACTORY' constant as in the SYNOPSIS.

create_workflow( $workflow_type )

Create a new workflow of type $workflow_type. This will create a new record in whatever persistence mechanism you have associated with $workflow_type and set the workflow to its initial state.

Any observers you've associated with this workflow type will be attached to the returned workflow object.

This fires a 'create' event from the just-created workflow object. See WORKFLOWS ARE OBSERVABLE in Workflow for more.

Returns: newly created workflow object.

fetch_workflow( $workflow_type, $workflow_id )

Retrieve a workflow object of type $workflow_type and ID $workflow_id. (The $workflow_type is necessary so we can fetch the workflow using the correct persister.) If a workflow with ID $workflow_id is not found undef is returned.

Any observers you've associated with this workflow type will be attached to the returned workflow object.

This fires a 'fetch' event from the retrieved workflow object. See WORKFLOWS ARE OBSERVABLE in Workflow for more.

Throws exception if no workflow type $workflow_type available.

Returns: Workflow object

add_config_from_file( %config_declarations )

Pass in filenames for the various components you wish to initialize using the keys 'action', 'condition', 'persister', 'validator' and 'workflow'. The value for each can be a single filename or an arrayref of filenames.

The system is familiar with the 'perl' and 'xml' configuration formats -- see the 'doc/configuration.txt' for what we expect as the format and will autodetect the types based on the file extension of each file. Just give your file the right extension and it will be read in properly.

You may also use your own custom configuration file format -- see SUBCLASSING in Workflow::Config for what you need to do.

You can also read it in yourself and add the resulting hash reference directly to the factory using add_config(). However, you need to ensure the configurations are added in the proper order -- when you add an 'action' configuration and reference 'validator' objects, those objects should already be read in. A good order is: 'validator', 'condition', 'action', 'workflow'. Then just pass the resulting hash references to add_config() using the right type and the behavior should be exactly the same.

Returns: nothing; if we run into a problem parsing one of the files or creating the objects it requires we throw a Workflow::Exception.

add_config( %config_hashrefs )

Similar to add_config_from_file() -- the keys may be 'action', 'condition', 'persister', 'validator' and/or 'workflow'. But the values are the actual configuration hashrefs instead of the files holding the configurations.

You normally will only need to call this if you are programmatically creating configurations (e.g., hot-deploying a validator class specified by a user) or using a custom configuration format and for some reason do not want to use the built-in mechanism in Workflow::Config to read it for you.

Returns: nothing; if we encounter an error trying to create the objects referenced in a configuration we throw a Workflow::Exception.

get_persister_for_workflow_type

get_persisters

#TODO

get_validators

#TODO

Internal Methods

#TODO

save_workflow( $workflow )

Stores the state and current datetime of the $workflow object. This is normally called only from the Workflow execute_action() method.

This method respects transactions if the selected persister supports it. Currently, the DBI-based persisters will commit the workflow transaction if everything executes successfully and roll back if something fails. Note that you need to manage any Workflow::Persister::DBI::ExtraData transactions yourself.

Returns: $workflow

get_workflow_history( $workflow )

Retrieves all Workflow::History objects related to $workflow.

NOTE: Normal users get the history objects from the Workflow object itself. Under the covers it calls this.

Returns: list of Workflow::History objects

get_action( $workflow, $action_name )

Retrieves the action $action_name from workflow $workflow. Note that this does not do any checking as to whether the action is proper given the state of $workflow or anything like that. It is mostly an internal method for Workflow (which does do checking as to the propriety of the action) to instantiate new actions.

Throws exception if no action with name $action_name available.

Returns: Workflow::Action object

get_persister( $persister_name )

Retrieves the persister with name $persister_name.

Throws exception if no persister with name $persister_name available.

get_condition( $condition_name )

Retrieves the condition with name $condition_name.

Throws exception if no condition with name $condition_name available.

get_validator( $validator_name )

Retrieves the validator with name $validator_name.

Throws exception if no validator with name $validator_name available.

Internal Configuration Methods

_add_workflow_config( @config_hashrefs )

Adds all configurations in @config_hashrefs to the factory. Also cycles through the workflow states and creates a Workflow::State object for each. These states are passed to the workflow when it is instantiated.

We also require any necessary observer classes and throw an exception if we cannot. If successful the observers are kept around and attached to a workflow in create_workflow() and fetch_workflow().

Returns: nothing

_add_action_config( @config_hashrefs )

Adds all configurations in @config_hashrefs to the factory, doing a 'require' on the class referenced in the 'class' attribute of each action.

Throws an exception if there is no 'class' associated with an action or if we cannot 'require' that class.

Returns: nothing

_add_persister_config( @config_hashrefs )

Adds all configurations in @config_hashrefs to the factory, doing a 'require' on the class referenced in the 'class' attribute of each persister.

Throws an exception if there is no 'class' associated with a persister, if we cannot 'require' that class, or if we cannot instantiate an object of that class.

Returns: nothing

_add_condition_config( @config_hashrefs )

Adds all configurations in @config_hashrefs to the factory, doing a 'require' on the class referenced in the 'class' attribute of each condition.

Throws an exception if there is no 'class' associated with a condition, if we cannot 'require' that class, or if we cannot instantiate an object of that class.

Returns: nothing

_add_validator_config( @config_hashrefs )

Adds all configurations in @config_hashrefs to the factory, doing a 'require' on the class referenced in the 'class' attribute of each validator.

Throws an exception if there is no 'class' associated with a validator, if we cannot 'require' that class, or if we cannot instantiate an object of that class.

Returns: nothing

_commit_transaction

Calls the commit method in the workflow's persister.

Returns: nothing

_rollback_transaction

Calls the rollback method in the workflow's persister.

associate_observers_with_workflow

Add defined observers with workflow.

The workflow has to be provided as the single parameter accepted by this method.

The observers added will have to be of the type relevant to the workflow type.

new

The new method is a dummy constructor, since we are using a factory it makes no sense to call new - and calling new will result in a Workflow::Exception

instance should be called or the imported 'FACTORY' should be utilized.

DYNAMIC CONFIG LOADING

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If you have either a large set of config files or a set of very large config files then you may not want to incur the overhead of loading each and every one on startup if you cannot predict which set you will use in that instance of your application.

This approach doesn't make much sense in a persistent environment such as mod_perl but it may lower startup costs if you have regularly scheduled scripts that may not need to touch all possible types of workflow.

To do this you can specify a callback that the factory will use to retrieve batched hashes of config declarations. Whenever an unknown workflow name is encountered the factory will first try to load your config declarations then continue.

The callback takes one argument which is the workflow type. It should return a reference to a hash of arguments in a form suitable for add_config_from_file.

For example:

 use Workflow::Factory qw(FACTORY);
 use My::Config::System;

 sub init {
   my $self = shift;

   FACTORY->config_callback(
     sub {
       my $wf_type = shift;
       my %ret = My::Config::System->get_files_for_wf( $wf_type ) || ();
       return \%ret;
     }
   );
 }

SUBCLASSING

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Implementation and Usage

You can subclass the factory to implement your own methods and still use the useful facade of the FACTORY constant. For instance, the implementation is typical Perl subclassing:

 package My::Cool::Factory;

 use strict;
 use base qw( Workflow::Factory );

 sub some_cool_method {
     my ( $self ) = @_;
     ...
 }

To use your factory you can just do the typical import:

 #!/usr/bin/perl

 use strict;
 use My::Cool::Factory qw( FACTORY );

Or you can call instance() directly:

 #!/usr/bin/perl

 use strict;
 use My::Cool::Factory;

 my $factory = My::Cool::Factory->instance();

SEE ALSO

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Workflow

Workflow::Action

Workflow::Condition

Workflow::Config

Workflow::Persister

Workflow::Validator

COPYRIGHT

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AUTHORS

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Jonas B. Nielsen (jonasbn) <jonasbn@cpan.org> is the current maintainer.

Chris Winters <chris@cwinters.com>, original author.


Workflow documentation Contained in the Workflow distribution.

package Workflow::Factory;

# $Id: Factory.pm 516 2010-01-30 13:41:38Z jonasbn $

use warnings;
use strict;
use base qw( Workflow::Base );
use DateTime;
use Log::Log4perl qw( get_logger );
use Workflow::Exception qw( configuration_error workflow_error );
use Carp qw(croak);
use English qw( -no_match_vars );

$Workflow::Factory::VERSION = '1.19';

my ($log);
my (%INSTANCES);

## no critic (Subroutines::RequireArgUnpacking)
sub import {
    my $class = shift;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    $class = ref $class || $class;    # just in case
    my $package = caller;

    if ( defined $_[0] && $_[0] eq 'FACTORY' ) {
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug(
            "Trying to import 'FACTORY' of type '$class' to '$package'");
        shift;
        my $instance = _initialize_instance($class);

        my $import_target = $package . '::FACTORY';
        no strict 'refs';
        unless ( defined &{$import_target} ) {
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug( "Target '$import_target' not yet defined, ",
                "creating subroutine on the fly" );
            *{$import_target} = sub { return $instance };
        }
        return $instance;
    }
    $class->SUPER::import(@_);
}

require Workflow;
require Workflow::Action;
require Workflow::Condition;
require Workflow::Config;
require Workflow::Context;
require Workflow::History;
require Workflow::Persister;
require Workflow::State;
require Workflow::Validator;

my $DEFAULT_INITIAL_STATE = 'INITIAL';

my @FIELDS = qw(config_callback);

__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(@FIELDS);

sub new {
    my $proto = shift;
    my $class = ref $proto || $proto;

    workflow_error "Please call 'instance()' or import the 'FACTORY' object ",
        "to get the '$class' object rather than instantiating a ",
        "new one directly.";
}

sub instance {
    my $proto = shift;
    my $class = ref $proto || $proto;

    return _initialize_instance($class);
}

sub _initialize_instance {
    my ($class) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    unless ( $INSTANCES{$class} ) {
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug(
            "Creating empty instance of '$class' factory for ",
            "singleton use" );
        $INSTANCES{$class} = bless {} => $class;
    }
    return $INSTANCES{$class};
}

sub _delete_instance {
    my ($class) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    if ( $INSTANCES{$class} ) {
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug("Deleting instance of '$class' factory.");
        delete $INSTANCES{$class};
    } else {
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug("No instance of '$class' factory found.");
    }

    return;
}

my %CONFIG = ( 'Workflow::Config' => 1 );

sub add_config_from_file {
    my ( $self, %params ) = @_;
    return unless ( scalar keys %params );

    $log ||= get_logger();

    _check_config_keys(%params);

    foreach my $type ( sort keys %params ) {
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug( "Using '$type' configuration file(s): ",
            join ', ', _flatten( $params{$type} ) );
    }

    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug("Adding condition configurations...");

    if ( ref $params{condition} eq 'ARRAY' ) {
        foreach my $condition ( @{ $params{condition} } ) {
            $self->_add_condition_config(
                Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'condition', $condition )
            );
        }
    } else {
        $self->_add_condition_config(
            Workflow::Config->parse_all_files(
                'condition', $params{condition}
            )
        );
    }

    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug("Adding validator configurations...");

    if ( ref $params{validator} eq 'ARRAY' ) {
        foreach my $validator ( @{ $params{validator} } ) {
            $self->_add_validator_config(
                Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'validator', $validator )
            );
        }
    } else {
        $self->_add_validator_config(
            Workflow::Config->parse_all_files(
                'validator', $params{validator}
            )
        );
    }

    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug("Adding persister configurations...");

    if ( ref $params{persister} eq 'ARRAY' ) {
        foreach my $persister ( @{ $params{persister} } ) {
            $self->_add_persister_config(
                Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'persister', $persister )
            );
        }
    } else {
        $self->_add_persister_config(
            Workflow::Config->parse_all_files(
                'persister', $params{persister}
            )
        );
    }

    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug("Adding action configurations...");

    if ( ref $params{action} eq 'ARRAY' ) {
        foreach my $action ( @{ $params{action} } ) {
            $self->_add_action_config(
                Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'action', $action ) );
        }
    } else {
        $self->_add_action_config(
            Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'action', $params{action} ) );
    }

    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug("Adding workflow configurations...");

    if ( ref $params{workflow} eq 'ARRAY' ) {
        foreach my $workflow ( @{ $params{workflow} } ) {
            $self->_add_workflow_config(
                Workflow::Config->parse_all_files( 'workflow', $workflow ) );
        }
    } else {
        $self->_add_workflow_config(
            Workflow::Config->parse_all_files(
                'workflow', $params{workflow}
            )
        );
    }

    return;
}

sub add_config {
    my ( $self, %params ) = @_;
    return unless ( scalar keys %params );
    _check_config_keys(%params);
    $self->_add_condition_config( _flatten( $params{condition} ) );
    $self->_add_validator_config( _flatten( $params{validator} ) );
    $self->_add_persister_config( _flatten( $params{persister} ) );
    $self->_add_action_config( _flatten( $params{action} ) );
    $self->_add_workflow_config( _flatten( $params{workflow} ) );
    return;
}

sub _check_config_keys {
    my (%params) = @_;
    my @bad_keys
        = grep { !Workflow::Config->is_valid_config_type($_) } keys %params;
    if ( scalar @bad_keys ) {
        workflow_error "You tried to add configuration information to the ",
            "workflow factory with one or more bad keys: ",
            join( ', ', @bad_keys ), ". The following are the ",
            "keys you have to choose from: ",
            join( ', ', Workflow::Config->get_valid_config_types ), '.';
    }
}

sub _flatten {
    my ($item) = @_;
    return ( ref $item eq 'ARRAY' ) ? @{$item} : ($item);
}

########################################
# WORKFLOW

sub _add_workflow_config {
    my ( $self, @all_workflow_config ) = @_;
    return unless ( scalar @all_workflow_config );
    $log ||= get_logger();

    foreach my $workflow_config (@all_workflow_config) {
        next unless ( ref $workflow_config eq 'HASH' );
        my $wf_type = $workflow_config->{type};
        $self->{_workflow_config}{$wf_type} = $workflow_config;

        # Create Workflow::State objects for each configured state.
        # When we instantiate a new workflow we pass these objects

        foreach my $state_conf ( @{ $workflow_config->{state} } ) {

            # Add the workflow type to the state conf.
            $state_conf->{type} = $wf_type;

            my $wf_state = Workflow::State->new($state_conf);
            push @{ $self->{_workflow_state}{$wf_type} }, $wf_state;
        }

        $log->is_info
            && $log->info("Added all workflow states...");

        $self->_load_observers($workflow_config);
        $log->is_info
            && $log->info("Added all workflow observers...");
    }
}

# Load all the observers so they're available when we instantiate the
# workflow

sub _load_observers {
    my ( $self, $workflow_config ) = @_;
    my $wf_type        = $workflow_config->{type};
    my $observer_specs = $workflow_config->{observer} || [];
    my @observers      = ();
    foreach my $observer_info ( @{$observer_specs} ) {
        if ( my $observer_class = $observer_info->{class} ) {
            $self->_load_class( $observer_class,
                      "Cannot require observer '%s' to watch observer "
                    . "of type '$wf_type': %s" );
            push @observers, $observer_class;
        } elsif ( my $observer_sub = $observer_info->{sub} ) {
            my ( $observer_class, $observer_sub )
                = $observer_sub =~ /^(.*)::(.*)$/;
            $self->_load_class( $observer_class,
                "Cannot require observer '%s' with sub '$observer_sub' to "
                    . "watch observer of type '$wf_type': %s" );
            my ($o_sub);
            eval {
                no strict 'refs';
                $o_sub = \&{ $observer_class . '::' . $observer_sub };
            };
            if ( $EVAL_ERROR or ref($o_sub) ne 'CODE' ) {
                my $error = $EVAL_ERROR || 'subroutine not found';
                $log->error( "Error loading subroutine '$observer_sub' in ",
                    "class '$observer_class': $error" );
                workflow_error $error;
            }
            push @observers, $o_sub;
        } else {
            workflow_error "Cannot add observer to '$wf_type': you must ",
                "have either 'class' or 'sub' defined. (See ",
                "Workflow::Factory docs for details.)";
        }
    }
    $log->is_info
        && $log->info( "Added observers to '$wf_type': ", join ', ',
        @observers );
    $self->{_workflow_observers}{$wf_type}
        = scalar @observers ? \@observers : undef;
}

sub _load_class {
    my ( $self, $class_to_load, $msg ) = @_;
    eval "require $class_to_load";
    if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
        my $full_msg = sprintf $msg, $class_to_load, $EVAL_ERROR;
        $log->error($full_msg);
        workflow_error $full_msg;
    }

}

sub create_workflow {
    my ( $self, $wf_type ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config($wf_type);
    unless ($wf_config) {
        workflow_error "No workflow of type '$wf_type' available";
    }

    my $wf
        = Workflow->new( undef,
        $wf_config->{initial_state} || $DEFAULT_INITIAL_STATE,
        $wf_config, $self->{_workflow_state}{$wf_type} );
    $wf->context( Workflow::Context->new );
    $wf->last_update( DateTime->now( time_zone => $wf->time_zone() ) );
    $log->is_info
        && $log->info("Instantiated workflow object properly, persisting...");
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    my $id        = $persister->create_workflow($wf);
    $wf->id($id);
    $log->is_info
        && $log->info(
        "Persisted workflow with ID '$id'; creating history...");
    $persister->create_history(
        $wf,
        Workflow::History->new(
            {   workflow_id => $id,
                action      => $persister->get_create_action($wf),
                description => $persister->get_create_description($wf),
                user        => $persister->get_create_user($wf),
                state       => $wf->state,
                date        => DateTime->now( time_zone => $wf->time_zone() ),
                time_zone   => $wf->time_zone(),
            }
        )
    );
    $log->is_info && $log->info("Created history object ok");

    $self->_commit_transaction($wf);

    $self->associate_observers_with_workflow($wf);
    $wf->notify_observers('create');

    return $wf;
}

sub fetch_workflow {
    my ( $self, $wf_type, $wf_id ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config($wf_type);
    unless ($wf_config) {
        workflow_error "No workflow of type '$wf_type' available";
    }
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    my $wf_info   = $persister->fetch_workflow($wf_id);
    return undef unless ($wf_info);
    $wf_info->{last_update} ||= '';
    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug(
        "Fetched data for workflow '$wf_id' ok: ",
        "[State: $wf_info->{state}] ",
        "[Last update: $wf_info->{last_update}]"
        );
    my $wf = Workflow->new( $wf_id, $wf_info->{state}, $wf_config,
        $self->{_workflow_state}{$wf_type} );
    $wf->context( Workflow::Context->new ) if ( not $wf->context() );
    $wf->last_update( $wf_info->{last_update} );

    $persister->fetch_extra_workflow_data($wf);

    $self->associate_observers_with_workflow($wf);
    $wf->notify_observers('fetch');

    return $wf;
}

sub associate_observers_with_workflow {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    my $observers = $self->{_workflow_observers}{ $wf->type };
    return unless ( ref $observers eq 'ARRAY' );
    $wf->add_observer($_) for ( @{$observers} );
}

sub _initialize_workflow_config {
    my $self    = shift;
    my $wf_type = shift;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    if ( ref( $self->config_callback ) eq 'CODE' ) {
        my $args = &{ $self->config_callback }($wf_type);
        $self->add_config_from_file( %{$args} ) if $args && %{$args};
    }
}

sub _get_workflow_config {
    my ( $self, $wf_type ) = @_;
    $self->_initialize_workflow_config($wf_type)
        unless $self->{_workflow_config}{$wf_type};
    return $self->{_workflow_config}{$wf_type};
}

sub _insert_workflow {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config( $wf->type );
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    my $id        = $persister->create_workflow($wf);
    $wf->id($id);
    return $wf;

}

sub save_workflow {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    my $old_update = $wf->last_update;
    $wf->last_update( DateTime->now( time_zone => $wf->time_zone() ) );

    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config( $wf->type );
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    eval {
        $persister->update_workflow($wf);
        $log->is_info
            && $log->info( "Workflow '", $wf->id, "' updated ok" );
        my @unsaved = $wf->get_unsaved_history;
        foreach my $h (@unsaved) {
            $h->set_new_state( $wf->state );
        }
        $persister->create_history( $wf, @unsaved );
        $log->is_info
            && $log->info("Created necessary history objects ok");
    };
    if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
        $wf->last_update($old_update);
        croak $EVAL_ERROR;
    }

    $wf->notify_observers('save');

    return $wf;
}

# Only implemented for DBI. Don't know if this could be implemented
# for other persisters.
sub _commit_transaction {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config( $wf->type );
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    $persister->commit_transaction();
    $log->debug('Committed transaction.');
    return;
}

sub _rollback_transaction {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config( $wf->type );
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    $persister->rollback_transaction();
    $log->debug('Rolled back transaction.');
    return;
}

sub get_workflow_history {
    my ( $self, $wf ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    $log->is_debug
        && $log->debug( "Trying to fetch history for workflow ", $wf->id );
    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config( $wf->type );
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{persister} );
    return $persister->fetch_history($wf);
}

########################################
# ACTIONS

sub _add_action_config {
    my ( $self, @all_action_config ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    return unless ( scalar @all_action_config );

    foreach my $actions (@all_action_config) {
        next unless ( ref $actions eq 'HASH' );

        # TODO Handle optional type.
        # Should we check here to see if this matches an existing
        # workflow type? Maybe do a type check at the end of the config
        # process?
        my $type = exists $actions->{type} ? $actions->{type} : 'default';

        my $action;
        if ( exists $actions->{action} ) {
            $action = $actions->{action};
        } else {
            push @{$action}, $actions;
        }

        foreach my $action_config ( @{$action} ) {
            my $name = $action_config->{name};
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Adding configuration for type '$type', action '$name'");
            $self->{_action_config}{$type}{$name} = $action_config;
            my $action_class = $action_config->{class};
            unless ($action_class) {
                configuration_error
                    "Action '$name' must be associated with a ",
                    "class using the 'class' attribute.";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Trying to include action class '$action_class'...");
            eval "require $action_class";
            if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
                configuration_error
                    "Cannot include action class '$action_class': $EVAL_ERROR";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Included action '$name' class '$action_class' ok");
        }    # End action for.
    }
}

sub get_action {
    my ( $self, $wf, $action_name ) = @_;
    my $config;

    # Check for a specific action type.
    $config = $self->{_action_config}{ $wf->type }{$action_name};

    # Check for a default if no type is available.
    $config = $self->{_action_config}{default}{$action_name}
        if not keys %{$config};

    unless ($config) {
        workflow_error "No action with name '$action_name' available";
    }

    my $action_class = $config->{class};
    return $action_class->new( $wf, $config );
}

########################################
# PERSISTERS

sub _add_persister_config {
    my ( $self, @all_persister_config ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    return unless ( scalar @all_persister_config );

    foreach my $persister_config (@all_persister_config) {
        next unless ( ref $persister_config eq 'HASH' );
        my $name = $persister_config->{name};
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug("Adding configuration for persister '$name'");
        $self->{_persister_config}{$name} = $persister_config;
        my $persister_class = $persister_config->{class};
        unless ($persister_class) {
            configuration_error "You must specify a 'class' in persister ",
                "'$name' configuration";
        }
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug(
            "Trying to include persister class '$persister_class'...");
        eval "require $persister_class";
        if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
            configuration_error "Cannot include persister class ",
                "'$persister_class': $EVAL_ERROR";
        }
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug(
            "Included persister '$name' class '$persister_class' ",
            "ok; now try to instantiate persister..." );
        my $persister = eval { $persister_class->new($persister_config) };
        if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
            configuration_error "Failed to create instance of persister ",
                "'$name' of class '$persister_class': $EVAL_ERROR";
        }
        $self->{_persister}{$name} = $persister;
        $log->is_debug
            && $log->debug("Instantiated persister '$name' ok");
    }
}

sub get_persister {
    my ( $self, $persister_name ) = @_;
    my $persister = $self->{_persister}{$persister_name};
    unless ($persister) {
        workflow_error "No persister with name '$persister_name' available";
    }
    return $persister;
}

sub get_persisters {
    my $self       = shift;
    my @persisters = sort keys %{ $self->{_persister} };

    return @persisters;
}

sub get_persister_for_workflow_type {
    my $self = shift;

    my ($type) = @_;
    my $wf_config = $self->_get_workflow_config($type);
    if ( not $wf_config ) {
        workflow_error "no workflow of type '$type' available";
    }
    my $persister = $self->get_persister( $wf_config->{'persister'} );

    return $persister;
}

########################################
# CONDITIONS

sub _add_condition_config {
    my ( $self, @all_condition_config ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();

    return unless ( scalar @all_condition_config );

    foreach my $conditions (@all_condition_config) {
        next unless ( ref $conditions eq 'HASH' );

        my $type
            = exists $conditions->{type} ? $conditions->{type} : 'default';

        my $c;
        if ( exists $conditions->{condition} ) {
            $c = $conditions->{condition};
        } else {
            push @{$c}, $conditions;
        }

        foreach my $condition_config ( @{$c} ) {
            my $name = $condition_config->{name};
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug("Adding configuration for condition '$name'");
            $self->{_condition_config}{$type}{$name} = $condition_config;
            my $condition_class = $condition_config->{class};
            unless ($condition_class) {
                configuration_error "Condition '$name' must be associated ",
                    "with a class using the 'class' attribute";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Trying to include condition class '$condition_class'");
            eval "require $condition_class";
            if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
                configuration_error "Cannot include condition class ",
                    "'$condition_class': $EVAL_ERROR";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Included condition '$name' class '$condition_class' ",
                "ok; now try to instantiate condition..." );
            my $condition = eval { $condition_class->new($condition_config) };
            if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
                configuration_error
                    "Cannot create condition '$name': $EVAL_ERROR";
            }
            $self->{_conditions}{$type}{$name} = $condition;
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug("Instantiated condition '$name' ok");
        }
    }
}

sub get_condition {
    my ( $self, $name, $type ) = @_;

    my $condition;

    if ( defined $type ) {
        $condition = $self->{_conditions}{$type}{$name};
    }

    # This catches cases where type isn't defined and cases
    # where the condition was defined as the default rather than
    # the current Workflow type.
    if ( not defined $condition ) {
        $condition = $self->{_conditions}{'default'}{$name};
    }

    unless ($condition) {
        workflow_error "No condition with name '$name' available";
    }
    return $condition;
}

########################################
# VALIDATORS

sub _add_validator_config {
    my ( $self, @all_validator_config ) = @_;
    $log ||= get_logger();
    return unless (@all_validator_config);

    foreach my $validators (@all_validator_config) {
        next unless ( ref $validators eq 'HASH' );

        my $v;
        if ( exists $validators->{validator} ) {
            $v = $validators->{validator};
        } else {
            push @{$v}, $validators;
        }

        for my $validator_config ( @{$v} ) {
            my $name = $validator_config->{name};
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug("Adding configuration for validator '$name'");
            $self->{_validator_config}{$name} = $validator_config;
            my $validator_class = $validator_config->{class};
            unless ($validator_class) {
                configuration_error
                    "Validator '$name' must be associated with ",
                    "a class using the 'class' attribute.";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Trying to include validator class '$validator_class'");
            eval "require $validator_class";
            if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
                workflow_error
                    "Cannot include validator class '$validator_class': $EVAL_ERROR";
            }
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug(
                "Included validator '$name' class '$validator_class' ",
                " ok; now try to instantiate validator..."
                );
            my $validator = eval { $validator_class->new($validator_config) };
            if ($EVAL_ERROR) {
                workflow_error "Cannot create validator '$name': $EVAL_ERROR";
            }
            $self->{_validators}{$name} = $validator;
            $log->is_debug
                && $log->debug("Instantiated validator '$name' ok");
        }
    }
}

sub get_validator {
    my ( $self, $name ) = @_;
    unless ( $self->{_validators}{$name} ) {
        workflow_error "No validator with name '$name' available";
    }
    return $self->{_validators}{$name};
}

sub get_validators {
    my $self       = shift;
    my @validators = sort keys %{ $self->{_validators} };
    return @validators;
}

1;

__END__