List of Amazon SWF Actions by Category
This section lists the reference topics for Amazon SWF actions in the Amazon SWF application programming interface (API). These are listed by functional category.
For an alphabetic list of actions, see the Amazon Simple Workflow Service API Reference.
Topics
Actions Related to Activities
Activity workers use PollForActivityTask to get new activity tasks. After a
worker receives an activity task from Amazon SWF, it performs the task and responds using
RespondActivityTaskCompleted if successful or
RespondActivityTaskFailed if unsuccessful.
The following are actions that are performed by activity workers.
Actions Related to Deciders
Deciders use PollForDecisionTask to get decision tasks. After a decider
receives a decision task from Amazon SWF, it examines its workflow execution history and decides
what to do next. It calls RespondDecisionTaskCompleted to complete the
decision task and provides zero or more next decisions.
The following are actions that are performed by deciders.
Actions Related to Workflow Executions
The following actions operate on a workflow execution.
Actions Related to Administration
Although you can perform administrative tasks from the Amazon SWF console, you can use the actions in this section to automate functions or build your own administrative tools.
Activity Management
Workflow Management
Domain Management
These actions allow you to register and deprecate Amazon SWF domains.
For more information and examples of these domain management actions, see Registering a Domain with Amazon SWF.
Workflow Execution Management
Visibility Actions
Although you can perform visibility actions from the Amazon SWF console, you can use the actions in this section to build your own console or administrative tools.