Re: [rules-users] wait states, jpdl and nlp

Let me try to answer the first set of questions: Of course, there are various nodes that behave as some sort of wait node. For example, a work item node waits until the work it has requested is completed (a human task node is a special case of this). An event wait node (or the more generic wait state that will be introduced in 5.1) allows you to wait for some condition (or manual trigger), etc. If you want to call a long-running service asynchronously, take a look at the work item node and use a work item handler that completes the work item asynchronously. If you would want to extend the current set of nodes, that would be possible, but you would need to dive into the internals to do that. But I don't think that is necessary. The work item and wait state nodes should be all you need I think. Kris Disclaimer: http://www.kuleuven.be/cwis/email_disclaimer.htm