.NET: Clarify IResettableExecutor usage comment in workflow sample (#4905)

* Clarify IResettableExecutor usage comment in workflow sample

* Update dotnet/samples/03-workflows/Agents/WorkflowAsAnAgent/WorkflowFactory.cs

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* Update dotnet/samples/03-workflows/Agents/WorkflowAsAnAgent/WorkflowFactory.cs

Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>

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Co-authored-by: Copilot <175728472+Copilot@users.noreply.github.com>
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Peter Ibekwe
2026-03-25 11:50:29 -07:00
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commit db16a9e74c
2 changed files with 36 additions and 3 deletions
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ using Microsoft.Extensions.AI;
namespace WorkflowAsAnAgentSample;
/// <summary>
/// This sample introduces the concepts workflows as agents, where a workflow can be
/// This sample introduces the concept of workflows as agents, where a workflow can be
/// treated as an <see cref="AIAgent"/>. This allows you to interact with a workflow
/// as if it were a single agent.
///
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@ namespace WorkflowAsAnAgentSample;
///
/// You will interact with the workflow in an interactive loop, sending messages and receiving
/// streaming responses from the workflow as if it were an agent who responds in both languages.
///
/// This sample also demonstrates <see cref="IResettableExecutor"/>, which is required
/// for stateful executors that are shared across multiple workflow runs. Each iteration
/// of the interactive loop triggers a new workflow run against the same workflow instance.
/// Between runs, the framework automatically calls <see cref="IResettableExecutor.ResetAsync"/>
/// on shared executors so that accumulated state (e.g., collected messages) is cleared
/// before the next run begins. See <c>WorkflowFactory.ConcurrentAggregationExecutor</c>
/// for the implementation.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Pre-requisites:
@@ -39,7 +47,10 @@ public static class Program
var agent = workflow.AsAIAgent("workflow-agent", "Workflow Agent");
var session = await agent.CreateSessionAsync();
// Start an interactive loop to interact with the workflow as if it were an agent
// Start an interactive loop to interact with the workflow as if it were an agent.
// Each iteration runs the workflow again on the same workflow instance. Between runs,
// the framework calls IResettableExecutor.ResetAsync() on shared stateful executors
// (like ConcurrentAggregationExecutor) to clear accumulated state from the previous run.
while (true)
{
Console.WriteLine();
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ internal static class WorkflowFactory
{
/// <summary>
/// Creates a workflow that uses two language agents to process input concurrently.
///
/// In this workflow, the <c>Start</c> <see cref="ChatForwardingExecutor"/> and the
/// <see cref="ConcurrentAggregationExecutor"/> are provided as shared instances, meaning
/// the same executor objects are reused across multiple workflow runs. The language agents
/// (French and English) are created via a factory and instantiated per workflow run.
/// Stateful shared executors must implement <see cref="IResettableExecutor"/> so the
/// framework can clear their state between runs. Framework-provided executors like
/// <see cref="ChatForwardingExecutor"/> already implement this interface.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="chatClient">The chat client to use for the agents</param>
/// <returns>A workflow that processes input using two language agents</returns>
@@ -40,6 +48,16 @@ internal static class WorkflowFactory
/// <summary>
/// Executor that aggregates the results from the concurrent agents.
///
/// This executor is stateful — it accumulates messages in <see cref="_messages"/>
/// as they arrive from each agent. Because it is provided as a shared instance
/// (not via a factory), the same object is reused across workflow runs. Implementing
/// <see cref="IResettableExecutor"/> allows the framework to call <see cref="ResetAsync"/>
/// between runs, clearing accumulated state so each run starts fresh.
///
/// Without <see cref="IResettableExecutor"/>, attempting to reuse a workflow containing
/// shared executor instances that do not implement this interface would throw an
/// <see cref="InvalidOperationException"/>.
/// </summary>
[YieldsOutput(typeof(string))]
private sealed class ConcurrentAggregationExecutor() :
@@ -65,7 +83,11 @@ internal static class WorkflowFactory
}
}
/// <inheritdoc/>
/// <summary>
/// Resets the executor state between workflow runs by clearing accumulated messages.
/// The framework calls this automatically when a workflow run completes, before the
/// workflow can be used for another run.
/// </summary>
public ValueTask ResetAsync()
{
this._messages.Clear();