If & Else statement in webflow inside of a view-state

Question

I've the following view-state:

<view-state id="editbestellung" view="eap/orderedit.xhtml"
    model="flowScope.entity">
    <transition on="save" to="eaporderlist" bind="true">
        <evaluate
            expression="eapBestellungDelegate.save(flowScope.entity,currentUser.name)" />
    </transition>
</view-state>

No elsewhere I set a flowScope.isToDo on true.
Now I need to check if this flowScope is true. If it is, the transition should redirect to="eapordertodolist" and if it is false, it should go to="eaporderlist".
But I only know how to set the if-statement like that:

<if test="testingMethod()" then="view-state when true" else="view-state when false" />

So how can I implement the if-statement inside of the view-state above and do the needed actions?

Answer 1

Use Decision-States

Use the decision-state element as an alternative to the action-state to make a routing decision using a convenient if/else syntax. The example below shows the moreAnswersNeeded state above now implemented as a decision state instead of an action-state

Your editbestellung-state will look like this (notice that i changed the to):

<view-state id="editbestellung" view="eap/orderedit.xhtml"
    model="flowScope.entity">
    <transition on="save" to="eaporderdecision" bind="true">
        <evaluate
            expression="eapBestellungDelegate.save(flowScope.entity,currentUser.name)" />
    </transition>
</view-state>

Then you add the decision-state:

<decision-state id="eaporderdecision">
    <if test="flowScope.isToDo" then="eapordertodolist" else="eaporderlist" />
</decision-state>