How do I register a microservice (or its methods) to Task in Netflix Conductor?

Question

I was looking for a more sophisticated workflow than Saga from AxonFramework -- which we are currently using -- and I found one in Netflix Conductor. Sadly, I have searched the Internet for a decent example but to no avail.

My question is, in Netflix Conductor, how might one define and create Task or WorkflowTask and most importantly, link a microservice to it? Here is a Netflix Conductor code from github:

    WorkflowDef def = new WorkflowDef();
    def.setName("test");
    WorkflowTask t0 = new WorkflowTask();
    t0.setName("t0");
    t0.setType(Type.SIMPLE);
    t0.setTaskReferenceName("t0");

    WorkflowTask t1 = new WorkflowTask();
    t1.setName("t1");
    t1.setType(Type.SIMPLE);
    t1.setTaskReferenceName("t1");

    def.getTasks().add(t0);
    def.getTasks().add(t1);

Pardon my confusion as I am new to Netflix Conductor.

Answer 1

Assuming the Micro service has a REST Endpoint over HTTP. In that case you've to use HttpTask which is a system task. Httptask makes a Http call and the response is available as task output. Pls refer to the below link:HttpTask

Pls remember to set the SchemaVersion as 2 for the WorkflowDef which contains HttpTask. You would also need a corresponding Task type registered.