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kelloti
kelloti

Reputation: 8951

What workflow framework to use in C#

I have to create a workflow in C# capable of moving an object (persisted as a database record) through an approval workflow where people are required to perform some sort of action or validation.

We initially looked at Windows Workflow Foundation but shied away from it because it seemed so infrastructure-heavy (and besides we don't really like Microsoft products). We looked at ObjectFlow because it's lightweight, but I'm having trouble figuring out how to persist & resume workflow states. It almost seems like it's too lightweight.

Does anyone have a particular favorite framework for doing workflow? I'm open to ideas (even to WWF, if you can explain why it's your favorite).

Upvotes: 8

Views: 4999

Answers (4)

MD Zand
MD Zand

Reputation: 2605

Now at the end of 2022 I recommend Elsa Workflows library which is free and open source. In this case, state machine workflows would work. I have used it in multiple projects witch success. It is flexible, has a web workflow designer and acceptable documents

Upvotes: 11

Travis.Arndt
Travis.Arndt

Reputation: 1

I have recently developed a C# Workflow library that leverages the fluent syntax and provides compile time validation between workflow steps. A Workflow's steps can be consolidated in a single location providing maintainable code. The library is very light weight and performant.

https://www.nuget.org/packages/NetWorkflow

https://github.com/Tmarndt1/NetWorkflow

Upvotes: -1

kelloti
kelloti

Reputation: 8951

As the question @gsharp linked to says, WF 4 isn't entirely easy to use. However, ObjectFlow has an easy fluent interface that is light and built with solid design principles. Given the apparent lack of decent workflow frameworks, I decided to pitch in and extend ObjectFlow with an IStatefulWorkflow that contains a .Yield() method capable of yielding workflow processing to the calling method so that it's state can be persisted.

The end result of my work will be a new release at codeplex in a couple weeks. Until then, you can follow my progress at github.

Upvotes: 3

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 498904

Have you looked at Drools.Net?

Drools.NET is a Business Rules Engine (BRE) based on Charles Forgy's Rete algorithm. Developers can now exploit a powerful Rule Engine through a completely managed .NET code base! Drools.NET is based on Jboss Rules, and comes with all the features of that Rules Engine.

Upvotes: 0

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