5.5.1

Type Value Description
String
endDate
Date and time that this workflow
token ended, if the workflow token has
finished.
The endDate value is filled in at the
moment the workflow reaches the end
of its run.
The endDate is only set when the
workflow finishes in one of the
completed, failed or canceled
states.
String
xmlContent
Defines input parameters, output
parameters, attributes, and the content
of error messages. The values of the
attributes and parameters are set in
CDATA elements and error messages
are set in <exception> tags, as the
following example shows.
<token>
<atts>
<stack>
<att n='attstr' t='string'
e='n'>
<!
[CDATA[attribute]]>Attribute
value</att>
<att n='instr' t='string'
e='n'>
<![CDATA[]]>Input parameter
value</att>
<att n='outstr' t='string'
e='n'>
<![CDATA[]]>Output
parameter value</att>
</stack>
</atts>
<exception encoded='n'>Error
message</exception>
</token>
WorkflowTokenAttribute Object
A WorkflowTokenAttribute object represents an input or output parameter of a running instance of a
workflow.
A WorkflowTokenAttribute is a value that you pass to a predefined WorkflowParameter when a
WorkflowToken begins, or in some cases, at runtime. When you run a workflow, you supply the input
parameters for that particular workflow as WorkflowTokenAttribute objects. The executeWorkflow operation
takes an array of WorkflowTokenAttribute objects as an argument when you call it, as the following example
shows.
public WorkflowToken executeWorkflow(String workflowId, String username,
String password, WorkflowTokenAttribute[] attributes);
Workflows also use WorkflowTokenAttribute as the output parameter of a run workflow.
WorkflowTokenAttribute contains the results of a completed WorkflowToken created by running
executeWorkflow. You can collect the result of a WorkflowToken, in the form of a WorkflowTokenAttribute, by
calling getWorkflowTokenResult, as the following example shows.
public WorkflowTokenAttribute[] getWorkflowTokenResult(String workflowTokenId,
String username, String password);
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