// Copyright (c) Microsoft. All rights reserved.
using Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows;
namespace WorkflowExecutorsAndEdgesSample;
///
/// This sample introduces the concepts of executors and edges in a workflow.
///
/// Workflows are built from executors (processing units) connected by edges (data flow paths).
/// In this example, we create a simple text processing pipeline that:
/// 1. Takes input text and converts it to uppercase using an UppercaseExecutor
/// 2. Takes the uppercase text and reverses it using a ReverseTextExecutor
///
/// The executors are connected sequentially, so data flows from one to the next in order.
/// For input "Hello, World!", the workflow produces "!DLROW ,OLLEH".
///
public static class Program
{
private static async Task Main()
{
// Create the executors
Func uppercaseFunc = s => s.ToUpperInvariant();
var uppercase = uppercaseFunc.BindAsExecutor("UppercaseExecutor");
ReverseTextExecutor reverse = new();
// Build the workflow by connecting executors sequentially
WorkflowBuilder builder = new(uppercase);
builder.AddEdge(uppercase, reverse).WithOutputFrom(reverse);
var workflow = builder.Build();
// Execute the workflow with input data
await using Run run = await InProcessExecution.RunAsync(workflow, "Hello, World!");
foreach (WorkflowEvent evt in run.NewEvents)
{
if (evt is ExecutorCompletedEvent executorComplete)
{
Console.WriteLine($"{executorComplete.ExecutorId}: {executorComplete.Data}");
}
}
}
}
///
/// Second executor: reverses the input text and completes the workflow.
///
internal sealed class ReverseTextExecutor() : Executor("ReverseTextExecutor")
{
///
/// Processes the input message by reversing the text.
///
/// The input text to reverse
/// Workflow context for accessing workflow services and adding events
/// The to monitor for cancellation requests.
/// The default is .
/// The input text reversed
public override ValueTask HandleAsync(string message, IWorkflowContext context, CancellationToken cancellationToken = default)
{
// Because we do not suppress it, the returned result will be yielded as an output from this executor.
return ValueTask.FromResult(string.Concat(message.Reverse()));
}
}