A Receive Task waits for an external trigger to arrive which is released by an external system. If the process execution reaches a receive task, the process stays in a wait state until a specific message is received by the engine, which triggers continuation of the process.
Attributes
Name
Description
Symbol Type
Particularity
-
State
Waiting_for_<name of the receive task with underscores>, e.g. Waiting_for_Receive_a_message
Execution
Name
Parameters
Type
Direction
Description
API
On Exit
message
Any
in
Default type of the input parameter is Any but you can also use your own Library or Data Model class.
POST /{id}/<name of the task with underscores> POST /{id}/Receive_a_message
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BPMN_Receive_Task_Example
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