NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Workflow - Workflow plugin — state machines with UI and authorization for Fondation

VERSION

version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

# In your Fondation config
plugin 'Fondation' => {
    dependencies => ['Fondation::Workflow'],
};

# With a workflow YAML file
plugin 'Fondation' => {
    dependencies => ['Fondation::Workflow'],
    'Fondation::Workflow' => {
        workflows => {
            approval => 'share/workflows/approval.yaml',
        },
    },
};

# In a controller
my $wf = $c->workflow('approval');
my $wf = $c->workflow('approval', $resource_id);

# With context
my $wf = $c->workflow('approval', undef, { user_id => 42 });

# Or as a hashref
my $wf = $c->workflow({
    type        => 'approval',
    resource_id => $id,
    context     => { user_id => 42 },
});

DESCRIPTION

Fondation::Workflow wraps Workflow (the CPAN state-machine module) for Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation. It provides:

• A workflow helper for controllers to create and fetch workflow instances
• Multi-persister support — DB-backed workflows via Workflow::Persister::DBI and file-backed wizards via Workflow::Persister::File (declared in YAML)
• A Proxy that wraps raw Workflow objects with convenience methods (actions, state_fondation, execute, add_history, emit_hook)
• Cross-plugin schema relations — when Fondation::User is present, WorkflowHistory gets a belongs_to relation to User

Dependency graph

Workflow declares NO hard dependencies (dependencies => []). Soft ordering: after => ['Fondation::Model::DBIx::Async'].

This means Workflow can boot without a database backend — essential for wizards like Fondation::Setup that use Workflow::Persister::File. When Fondation::Model::DBIx::Async IS present, the after hint ensures Workflow loads after it, so the models default (Workflow, WorkflowHistory) is picked up by Action::DBIx.

NAME

Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Workflow - State-machine workflows with UI, authorization and hooks for Fondation

VERSION

version 0.02

CONFIGURATION

workflows

A hashref mapping workflow types to YAML file paths:

'Fondation::Workflow' => {
    workflows => {
        approval => 'share/workflows/approval.yaml',
    },
},

Each YAML file follows the Workflow format (type, initial_state, state, action) with Fondation extensions:

• fondation blocks on states and actions — carry UI metadata (label, color, icon, group) used by the Bootstrap renderer
• persister_config — declare additional persisters per workflow (e.g. Workflow::Persister::File for DB-free wizards)

persister

DBI persister configuration for DB-backed workflows:

'Fondation::Workflow' => {
    persister => {
        dsn      => 'dbi:SQLite:dbname=data/app.db',
        user     => '',
        password => '',
    },
},

The persister name is always FondationWorkflow. If no DSN is configured, the plugin logs a warning but does not die — file-backed workflows can still operate.

HELPERS

$c->workflow($type, $resource_id?, $context?)

Returns a Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Workflow::Proxy wrapping a Workflow instance.

• $type — workflow type (must match a key in workflows config)
• $resource_id — optional. If given, fetches an existing workflow via fetch_workflow. If undef, creates a new workflow.
• $context — optional hashref. Stored in the workflow's context via $wf->context->param($context). Only used when creating.

Can also be called with a single hashref:

$c->workflow({ type => 'approval', resource_id => $id, context => {...} });

CROSS-PLUGIN RELATIONS

During fondation_finalyze, if Fondation::User is present in the registry, a belongs_to relation is added:

WorkflowHistory -> belongs_to -> User (foreign.id = self.user_id)

This makes $history_entry->user available in DBIC queries without requiring Workflow to hard-depend on the User plugin.

SEE ALSO

• Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Workflow::Proxy — workflow wrapper with convenience methods
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Workflow::UI::Bootstrap — Bootstrap 5 UI renderer
• Mojolicious::Plugin::Fondation::Setup — setup wizard that uses file-persisted workflows
• Workflow — the CPAN state-machine module
• Workflow::Persister::DBI — DBI-backed persistence
• Workflow::Persister::File — file-backed persistence (no DB required)

AUTHOR

Daniel Brosseau dab@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Daniel Brosseau.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

AUTHOR

Daniel Brosseau dab@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2026 by Daniel Brosseau.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.