(BPM Question) What is the value of C?

[Former Member]

Assuming no correlation is used, what are the values of 'C' a Process Container Element for the following two scenarios before the END of the Fourth call. Is it 4 or 1?

Scenario one:

START-> Receive Message A -> Add 1 to C -> END

Scenario two:

START-> LOOP -> Receive Message A -> Add 1 to C -> Until C <> C - > END

Thanks

[Former Member]

I am trying to learn BPM and figure out the 'lifetime of a Process Container Element'.

So, for Scenario One, just before the 'End' step, C is always One?

For Scenario 2, wouldn't the Receive step just pick up any messages from the same Receive interface? So after the 4th Receive, would C not have the value of 4? Another way to look at this is to think of us Correlating on an element that always have the same value.

[udo_martens]

Hi Chris,

Scenario one is clear, only one message, one time 1 added to C.

Scenario two makes no sense. U have a loop where u want 2 receive messages. This will not work without correlation. U would get the same result.

By the way, what is ur problem?

Udo