Dialogs

Dialogs, also known as dialog definitions (DDs), define all the artifacts of which a single dialog is comprised. For details, see code sample 6.

They define the resources, also called transition endpoints, that are part of the specific dialog, and the transitions that define how to route a user from one subdialog to another. For more details, read Transition endpoints and Transitions. We define dialog definitions using a unique name.

Code sample 6:

01  <dialog-set>
 02      <dialog name="dialog1">
 03          <transition-endpoint name="portlet1">
 04              ...
 05          </transition-endpoint>
 06          <transition-endpoint name="portlet2">
 07              ...
 08          </transition-endpoint>
 09          <transition>
 10              ...
 11          </transition>
 12          <transition>
 13              ...
 14          </transition>
 15     </dialog>
 16  </dialog-set>

During run time, dialog definitions form the templates from which concrete dialog instances are created. These instances are uniquely identified by DialogInstanceIDs (DIIDs).

Parent Screen Flow Definitions

Related concepts:

Transition endpoints
Transitions