Business Workflows

Ecotone provides three different ways to build Workflows:

🔄 Use Handler Chaining when:

• You have simple, linear workflows

• Steps are tightly coupled to specific workflows

• You don't need dynamic workflow construction

📊 Use Sagas when:

• You need to remember state between steps

• Workflows span long periods (hours, days, weeks)

• You need compensation logic for failures

• Workflows involve human interaction or external approvals

✅ Use Orchestrator when:

• You have predefined workflows with clear steps

• Steps need to be reusable across different workflows

• You need dynamic workflow construction

• Workflow logic is separate from step implementation

Materials

Links

• Building workflows in PHP using Orchestrator [Article]

• Building workflows in PHP with pipe and filter architecture [Article]