SOA for the Business Developer: Concepts, BPEL, and SCA (Business Developers series)

Like the onAlarm event of the pick activity, the wait activity causes a delay for a specified period or until a specified date and time.

<sequence> <wait> <until>'2010-12-25T18:00+01:00'</until> </wait> <invoke ... /> </sequence> <sequence> <documentation> wait for 1 Year 2 Months and 1 Hour </documentation> <wait> <for>'P1Y2MT1H'</for> </wait> <invoke ... /> </sequence>

Elements nested in the wait activity include the following:

• for identifies the duration that passes before the activity ends. The start time is when the activity starts. Specify this element only if you don't specify the until element.

• until identifies the calendar date and clock time when the activity ends. Specify this element only if you don't specify the for element.