Abstract base class for all workflow factories.
A workflow factory is a factory class that is able
to provide workflow descriptors given a workflow name,
as well as save descriptors.
author: Hani Suleiman author: Date: May 10, 2002 author: Time: 11:17:06 AM
Get a workflow descriptor given a workflow name.
Parameters: name - The name of the workflow to get. The descriptor for the specified workflow. throws: FactoryException - if the specified workflow name does not exist or cannot be located.
Invoked after the properties of the factory have been set.
Subclasses should override this method and add any specific
setup code required. For example, connecting to an external resource
or database.
throws: FactoryException - if there was an error during initialization.