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Implementing Custom Tasks
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Introduction
------------
In this second tutorial we are going to implement our own task, and
use serialization and deserialization to store and restore it.
If you haven't already, you should complete the first
:doc:`../tutorial/index`.
We are also assuming that you are familiar with the :doc:`../basics`.
Implementing the custom task
----------------------------
The first step is to create a :class:`SpiffWorkflow.specs.TaskSpec` that
fires the rocket::
from SpiffWorkflow.specs import Simple
class NuclearStrike(Simple):
def _on_complete_hook(self, my_task):
print("Rocket sent!")
Save this file as ``strike.py``.
Now, before we are ready to define the workflow using XML or JSON, we will
also have extend the serializer to let SpiffWorkflow know how to represent
your NuclearStrike first.
Preparing a serializer
----------------------
Before we can use JSON to specify a workflow, we first need to teach
SpiffWorkflow what our custom `NuclearChoice` looks like in JSON.
We do this by extending the
:mod:`SpiffWorkflow.serializer.json.JSONSerializer`.
.. literalinclude:: serializer.py
We save the serializer as ``serializer.py``.
We also need to update ``strike.py`` as follows:
We also implement the deserializer:
.. literalinclude:: strike.py
That is all! You are now ready to create the specification from JSON.
Creating a workflow specification (using JSON)
----------------------------------------------
Now we can use the NuclearStrike in the workflow specification in JSON.
Note that this specification is the same as in our first tutorial,
except that it references our class `strike.NuclearStrike`.
.. literalinclude:: nuclear.json
Using the custom serializer and task
------------------------------------
Here we use our brand new serializer in practice:
.. literalinclude:: start.py