About CAF Events
Composite Application Framework (CAF) events are useful for triggering actions programmatically, as well as for informing users when a change occurs in the system, such as when a user logs in or logs out, uploads a file, or creates or deletes a folder. My webMethods Server generates many different events, but only subset of these events are available for use as CAF events. In addition to the default event types that are available, you can define your own custom event types.
My webMethods Server users can subscribe to and receive e-mail notifications generated by a CAF event, if the event is configured to send notifications. CAF events are created and edited with the CAF Events Editor.
With the CAF Events Editor, you can create:
A custom event type, if needed.
One or more event handlers.
One or more actions to be triggered by an event handler (such as invoke a service).
One or more conditions that you want to apply to the event (evaluated either as simple conditions or by a binding expression you define).
A notification for the event, if desired, including a template notification view.
A subscription for each notification you create, if desired, including a template subscription view.
Note: CAF events are unrelated to webMethods Event Driven Architecture (EDA) events. For more information about working with EDA events, see webMethods Event Processing Help.