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task-request

This job requests a task be performed with optional properties.

Property Summary

join	Wait for the target job to finish executing.
name	A name, can be any text.
properties	Properties to execute the task with.
response
stop	This flag is set by the stop method and should be examined by any Stoppable jobs in their processing loops.
taskExecutor	The job to start

Example Summary

Example 1

Greeting people by name.

Property Detail

join

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No, defaults to false.

Wait for the target job to finish executing.

name

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No.

A name, can be any text.

properties

Configured By	ELEMENT
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	No.

Properties to execute the task with.

response

Access

READ_ONLY

stop

Access	READ_ONLY
Required	Read Only.

This flag is set by the stop method and should be examined by any Stoppable jobs in their processing loops.

taskExecutor

Configured By	ATTRIBUTE
Access	READ_WRITE
Required	Yes.

The job to start

Examples

Example 1

Greeting people by name. Three Task Requests call the task-service with different names.

<oddjob>
    <job>
        <sequential>
            <jobs>
                <task-service id="hello-service">
                    <requests>
                        <input-text prompt="Name" property="some.name"/>
                    </requests>
                    <job>
                        <echo>Hello ${some.name}.</echo>
                    </job>
                </task-service>
                <task-request taskExecutor="${hello-service}">
                    <properties>
                        <properties>
                            <values>
                                <value key="some.name" value="Rod"/>
                            </values>
                        </properties>
                    </properties>
                </task-request>
                <task-request taskExecutor="${hello-service}">
                    <properties>
                        <properties>
                            <values>
                                <value key="some.name" value="Jane"/>
                            </values>
                        </properties>
                    </properties>
                </task-request>
                <task-request taskExecutor="${hello-service}">
                    <properties>
                        <properties>
                            <values>
                                <value key="some.name" value="Freddy"/>
                            </values>
                        </properties>
                    </properties>
                </task-request>
            </jobs>
        </sequential>
    </job>
</oddjob>