Purpose: To pause workflow execution and read a line of text input from a console or designated input source.
Functionality: When the "Read Line" activity is executed, the workflow will halt and wait for text input. Once input is provided (typically by a user or an external system, depending on the workflow environment), the activity captures this input as a string value. This value can then be used as data in subsequent steps of the workflow.
Use Cases:
Interactive Workflow Testing: Allowing manual input of data during workflow testing and development to simulate different scenarios or provide runtime parameters.
Basic User Interaction (Command-Line Style): For workflows designed to mimic simple command-line interactions, enabling the workflow to prompt for and receive user input.
Reading from Input Streams (Advanced): In some workflow environments, "Read Line" might be configured to read data from external input streams or pipes, enabling integration with other console-based applications.