AWS SDK Version 2 for .NET
API Reference

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.NET Framework 4.5
 
Returns information about the specified workflow type. This includes configuration settings specified when the type was registered and other information such as creation date, current status, and so on.

Access Control

You can use IAM policies to control this action's access to Amazon SWF resources as follows:

If the caller does not have sufficient permissions to invoke the action, or the parameter values fall outside the specified constraints, the action fails. The associated event attribute's cause parameter will be set to OPERATION_NOT_PERMITTED. For details and example IAM policies, see Using IAM to Manage Access to Amazon SWF Workflows.

Namespace: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow
Assembly: AWSSDK.dll
Version: (assembly version)

Syntax

C#
public abstract DescribeWorkflowTypeResponse DescribeWorkflowType(
         DescribeWorkflowTypeRequest request
)

Parameters

request
Type: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow.Model.DescribeWorkflowTypeRequest

Container for the necessary parameters to execute the DescribeWorkflowType service method.

Return Value
Type: Amazon.SimpleWorkflow.Model.DescribeWorkflowTypeResponse
The response from the DescribeWorkflowType service method, as returned by SimpleWorkflow.

Exceptions

ExceptionCondition
OperationNotPermittedException Returned when the caller does not have sufficient permissions to invoke the action.
UnknownResourceException Returned when the named resource cannot be found with in the scope of this operation (region or domain). This could happen if the named resource was never created or is no longer available for this operation.

Version Information

.NET Framework:
Supported in: 4.5, 4.0, 3.5