temporalio__skill-temporal-developer/references/java/advanced-features.md

Java SDK Advanced Features

Schedules

Create recurring workflow executions.

import io.temporal.client.schedules.*;

ScheduleClient scheduleClient = ScheduleClient.newInstance(service);

// Create a schedule
String scheduleId = "daily-report";
ScheduleHandle handle = scheduleClient.createSchedule(
    scheduleId,
    Schedule.newBuilder()
        .setAction(
            ScheduleActionStartWorkflow.newBuilder()
                .setWorkflowType(DailyReportWorkflow.class)
                .setOptions(
                    WorkflowOptions.newBuilder()
                        .setWorkflowId("daily-report")
                        .setTaskQueue("reports")
                        .build()
                )
                .build()
        )
        .setSpec(
            ScheduleSpec.newBuilder()
                .setIntervals(
                    List.of(new ScheduleIntervalSpec(Duration.ofDays(1)))
                )
                .build()
        )
        .build(),
    ScheduleOptions.newBuilder().build()
);

// Manage schedules
ScheduleHandle scheduleHandle = scheduleClient.getHandle(scheduleId);
scheduleHandle.pause("Maintenance window");
scheduleHandle.unpause();
scheduleHandle.trigger();  // Run immediately
scheduleHandle.delete();

Async Activity Completion

For activities that complete asynchronously (e.g., human tasks, external callbacks). If you configure a heartbeat timeout on this activity, the external completer is responsible for sending heartbeats via the async handle.

Note: If the external system can reliably Signal back with the result and doesn't need to Heartbeat or receive Cancellation, consider using signals instead.

public class ApprovalActivitiesImpl implements ApprovalActivities {
    @Override
    public String requestApproval(String requestId) {
        ActivityExecutionContext ctx = Activity.getExecutionContext();

        // Get task token for async completion
        byte[] taskToken = ctx.getTaskToken();

        // Store task token for later completion (e.g., in database)
        storeTaskToken(requestId, taskToken);

        // Mark this activity as waiting for external completion
        ctx.doNotCompleteOnReturn();

        return null; // Return value is ignored
    }
}

// Later, complete the activity from another process
public void completeApproval(String requestId, boolean approved) {
    WorkflowServiceStubs service = WorkflowServiceStubs.newLocalServiceStubs();
    WorkflowClient client = WorkflowClient.newInstance(service);

    ActivityCompletionClient completionClient = client.newActivityCompletionClient();

    // Retrieve the task token from external storage (e.g., database)
    byte[] taskToken = getTaskToken(requestId);

    if (approved) {
        completionClient.complete(taskToken, "approved");
    } else {
        completionClient.completeExceptionally(
            taskToken,
            new RuntimeException("Rejected")
        );
    }
}

Worker Tuning

Configure worker performance settings.

WorkerOptions workerOptions = WorkerOptions.newBuilder()
    // Max concurrent workflow task executions (default: 200)
    .setMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskExecutionSize(200)
    // Max concurrent activity executions (default: 200)
    .setMaxConcurrentActivityExecutionSize(200)
    // Max concurrent local activity executions (default: 200)
    .setMaxConcurrentLocalActivityExecutionSize(200)
    // Max workflow task pollers (default: 5)
    .setMaxConcurrentWorkflowTaskPollers(5)
    // Max activity task pollers (default: 5)
    .setMaxConcurrentActivityTaskPollers(5)
    .build();

WorkerFactory factory = WorkerFactory.newInstance(client);
Worker worker = factory.newWorker("my-queue", workerOptions);
worker.registerWorkflowImplementationTypes(MyWorkflowImpl.class);
worker.registerActivitiesImplementations(new MyActivitiesImpl());
factory.start();

Workflow Failure Exception Types

Control which exceptions cause workflow failures vs workflow task failures.

By default, only ApplicationFailure (and its subclasses) fail the workflow execution. All other exceptions fail the workflow task, causing the task to retry indefinitely until the code is fixed or the workflow is terminated.

Per-Workflow Configuration

Use WorkflowImplementationOptions to specify which exception types should fail the workflow:

Worker worker = factory.newWorker("my-queue");
worker.registerWorkflowImplementationTypes(
    WorkflowImplementationOptions.newBuilder()
        .setFailWorkflowExceptionTypes(
            IllegalArgumentException.class,
            CustomBusinessException.class
        )
        .build(),
    MyWorkflowImpl.class
);

With this configuration, IllegalArgumentException and CustomBusinessException thrown from the workflow will fail the workflow execution instead of just the workflow task.

Worker-Level Configuration

Apply to all workflows registered on the worker:

WorkerFactoryOptions factoryOptions = WorkerFactoryOptions.newBuilder()
    .setWorkflowHostLocalTaskQueueScheduleToStartTimeout(Duration.ofSeconds(10))
    .build();
WorkerFactory factory = WorkerFactory.newInstance(client, factoryOptions);

Worker worker = factory.newWorker("my-queue");
// Register each workflow type with its own failure exception types
worker.registerWorkflowImplementationTypes(
    WorkflowImplementationOptions.newBuilder()
        .setFailWorkflowExceptionTypes(
            IllegalArgumentException.class,
            CustomBusinessException.class
        )
        .build(),
    MyWorkflowImpl.class,
    AnotherWorkflowImpl.class
);

• Tip for testing: Set setFailWorkflowExceptionTypes(Throwable.class) so any unhandled exception fails the workflow immediately rather than retrying the workflow task forever. This surfaces bugs faster.