[Perl-workflow-devel] Auto-write extra data after an action?

[Jim B. <cb...@bu...>]

We're using Workflow::Persister::DBI::ExtraData to fetch extra data and 
load context.

Is there any reason ExtraData fetches, but doesn't write the context 
back to the table at some point? I created a sub to handle this for me, 
but then I need that extra call at the end of each action.

It seems like a useful bit of functionality, but maybe there's some 
reason not to include it? Maybe because there isn't an obvious point in 
the workflow to write back the data?

I would think after the execute and after all observers run it should be 
safe, since you should be done modifying the context at that point.

Any thoughts?

Thanks,
Jim

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Jim Brandt
Administrative Computing Services
University at Buffalo