I am creating a custom native activity using workflow foundation 4.5. I want to set a bookmark for the activity and do some custom handling in the WorkflowApplication's PersistableIdle callback. Within that callback I want to read the data that was provided into the activity's InArgument<> and/or Properties before the workflow instance is persisted away. So essentially, I want to read these values from outside the context of the activity that executed and outside the run time as a pre-step before completing the persistence process.
I thought I might be able to do this with the WorkflowInspectionServices helper class but it's unclear if that works given I have to context to read from that activity instance's InArgument<>.
Is there another helper class that can make this happen with wf4.5 that I haven't discovered yet? Thanks.
wfApp.PersistableIdle += args =>
{
using (var scope = new TransactionScope(TransactionScopeOption.RequiresNew))
{
wfApp.Unload();
args.Bookmarks.ForEach(bookmark =>
{
var activityId = bookmark.BookmarkName;
//Doesn't seem this will really work?
var activityInfo = WorkflowInspectionServices.Resolve(activity, activityId) as MyCustomActivity;
var recipientId = activityInfo.RecipientId.Get(<I have no context>);
workflowSuspendedCallback.Invoke(activityId, recipientId));
});
scope.Complete();
}
return PersistableIdleAction.None;
};
