WorkflowMessagingService.PublishEvent method

Publishes an event to the workflow host.

Namespace:  Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices
Assembly:  Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServicesBase (in Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServicesBase.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public MustOverride Function PublishEvent ( _
    eventSourceId As Guid, _
    eventName As String, _
    payload As IDictionary(Of String, Object) _
) As String
'Usage
Dim instance As WorkflowMessagingService
Dim eventSourceId As Guid
Dim eventName As String
Dim payload As IDictionary(Of String, Object)
Dim returnValue As String

returnValue = instance.PublishEvent(eventSourceId, _
    eventName, payload)

public abstract string PublishEvent(
    Guid eventSourceId,
    string eventName,
    IDictionary<string, Object> payload
)

Parameters

• eventSourceId
  Type: System.Guid

  Guid that identifies the event source.

• eventName
  Type: System.String

  Fully qualified name of the event.

• payload
  Type: System.Collections.Generic.IDictionary<String, Object>

  IDictionary object containing event properties as name/value pairs.

Return value

Type: System.String
Returns the event to publish.

Remarks

The eventSourceId should be set to the id of the scope from which the event is railed – that is, the list id for list events, the web id for web events, or the project id for project events.

The eventSourceId parameter must be unique within the scope of a site collection ([T:Microsoft.SharePoint.SPWeb)] instance).

See also

Reference

WorkflowMessagingService class

WorkflowMessagingService members

Microsoft.SharePoint.WorkflowServices namespace