Skippable instead of One and Done #1273
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amayers
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Jul 25, 2025
| Perhaps it's a simple boolean function indicating whether or not the child actually has any work to do: | ||
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| state = if (stepTwoWorkflow.isThisNecessary()) RunStepTwo else RunStepThree |
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This only works if the stepTwoWorkflow is created and stored in the state a head of time, before you get to the apply(action) method. If your stepTwoWorkflow can't be created until you get into the apply(action) with a specific action/state, then you are out of luck.
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Typically in Kotlin child workflows are DI injected (available as constructor parameters of the parent), and actions are inner objects of the parent workflow with access to its injected dependencies.
In Swift, didn't a change just land to make the parent workflow available from the action? cc @jamieQ
The One and Done entry was bad advice, or at least incomplete. Updated to describe the Skippable Workflow pattern we've been using with a lot of success lately.
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The One and Done entry was bad advice, or at least incomplete. Updated to describe the Skippable Workflow pattern we've been using with a lot of success lately.