Workflow Design Dilemma - State Machine, yes or no

Question

I\'m a beginner with WF, but I\'ve read a book and done a lot of googling. I want to write an inventory management service. The inventory is made up of individual items whic

Answer 1

Aviad, I agree with your comment that the workflow should be between states. The states of the parts being inventoried sounds like a status/property of the item. That status can be stored in nearly any manner (e.g. database, file...) because the movement of the item between states would live in the business logic layer.

Sounds like a fun project, good luck.