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Overview of Control Flow Items

The following table provides brief definitions of control flow activities.

Container Name	Description
Gateway	Allows incoming and outgoing links and various conditions for them, depending on the type. Equivalent to the BPEL empty activity.
Pick	Executes a selected activity based on an incoming message or a time-out event. Includes the Create Instance property to start a process.
Fork Join	BPMN equivalent of a BPEL flow activity, described above.
If	Executes a selected activity based on branch conditions
While	Executes an activity repeatedly until its condition evaluates to false
Repeat Until	Executes an activity at least once and repeats until its condition evaluates to true
Scope	Provides a context for set of activities, with correlation, compensation, fault handling, event handling, termination handling, and local partner links and variables
For Each	Iterates over a list of document elements
Sequence	(Process Developer Classic only). Executes activities in an ordered list
Flow	(Process Developer Classic only). Executes all activities in parallel