public StartWorkflowResponse startWorkflow(StartWorkflowRequest request) {
String workflowClassId = workflowClassDao.findByName(request.getWorkflowClass()).get_id();
Workflow wf = workflowEngine.createNewWorkflow(workflowClassId, request.getAttributes());
Event e = new Event();
e.setEventType(WorkflowEventType.INITIATE_WORKFLOW);
e.setWorkflowId(wf.get_id());
e.setAttributes(request.getAttributes()); // todo should the attributes be in event as well?
workflowEngine.submitEvent(e);
log.info("New workflow initiated: " + wf);
StartWorkflowResponse response = new StartWorkflowResponse();
response.setWorkflowId(wf.get_id());
response.setStatus(EndpointResponseStatus.OK);
return response;
}
