feat: Support registering activities with custom name (#1431)

* feat: Support register of activities with custom name

Signed-off-by: Javier Aliaga <javier@diagrid.io>

* chore: Apply suggestions

Signed-off-by: Javier Aliaga <javier@diagrid.io>

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Signed-off-by: Javier Aliaga <javier@diagrid.io>
Co-authored-by: Cassie Coyle <cassie.i.coyle@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: Dapr Bot <56698301+dapr-bot@users.noreply.github.com>

sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/testcontainers/workflows/DaprWorkflowsIT.java

@@ -147,6 +147,29 @@ public class DaprWorkflowsIT {
 
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testNamedActivitiesWorkflows() throws Exception {
+    TestWorkflowPayload payload = new TestWorkflowPayload(new ArrayList<>());
+    String instanceId = workflowClient.scheduleNewWorkflow(TestNamedActivitiesWorkflow.class, payload);
+
+    workflowClient.waitForInstanceStart(instanceId, Duration.ofSeconds(10), false);
+    
+    Duration timeout = Duration.ofSeconds(10);
+    WorkflowInstanceStatus workflowStatus = workflowClient.waitForInstanceCompletion(instanceId, timeout, true);
+
+    assertNotNull(workflowStatus);
+
+    TestWorkflowPayload workflowOutput = deserialize(workflowStatus.getSerializedOutput());
+
+    assertEquals(5, workflowOutput.getPayloads().size());
+    assertEquals("First Activity", workflowOutput.getPayloads().get(0));
+    assertEquals("First Activity", workflowOutput.getPayloads().get(1));
+    assertEquals("Second Activity", workflowOutput.getPayloads().get(2));
+    assertEquals("Anonymous Activity", workflowOutput.getPayloads().get(3));
+    assertEquals("Anonymous Activity 2", workflowOutput.getPayloads().get(4));
+
+    assertEquals(instanceId, workflowOutput.getWorkflowId());
+  }
 
   private TestWorkflowPayload deserialize(String value) throws JsonProcessingException {
     return OBJECT_MAPPER.readValue(value, TestWorkflowPayload.class);

sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/testcontainers/workflows/TestNamedActivitiesWorkflow.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Dapr Authors
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+package io.dapr.it.testcontainers.workflows;
+
+import io.dapr.workflows.Workflow;
+import io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowStub;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+
+public class TestNamedActivitiesWorkflow implements Workflow {
+
+  @Override
+  public WorkflowStub create() {
+    return ctx -> {
+      Logger logger = ctx.getLogger();
+      String instanceId = ctx.getInstanceId();
+      logger.info("Starting Workflow: " + ctx.getName());
+      logger.info("Instance ID: " + instanceId);
+      logger.info("Current Orchestration Time: " + ctx.getCurrentInstant());
+
+      TestWorkflowPayload workflowPayload = ctx.getInput(TestWorkflowPayload.class);
+      workflowPayload.setWorkflowId(instanceId);
+
+      var payloadAfterA = ctx.callActivity("a", workflowPayload, TestWorkflowPayload.class)
+              .await();
+
+      var payloadAfterB = ctx.callActivity("b", payloadAfterA, TestWorkflowPayload.class)
+              .await();
+
+      var payloadAfterC = ctx.callActivity("c", payloadAfterB, TestWorkflowPayload.class)
+              .await();
+
+      var payloadAfterD = ctx.callActivity("d", payloadAfterC, TestWorkflowPayload.class)
+              .await();
+
+      var payloadAfterE = ctx.callActivity("e", payloadAfterD, TestWorkflowPayload.class)
+              .await();
+          
+      ctx.complete(payloadAfterE);
+    };
+  }
+
+}

sdk-tests/src/test/java/io/dapr/it/testcontainers/workflows/TestWorkflowsConfiguration.java

@@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ package io.dapr.it.testcontainers.workflows;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import io.dapr.config.Properties;
+import io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowActivityContext;
 import io.dapr.workflows.client.DaprWorkflowClient;
 import io.dapr.workflows.runtime.WorkflowRuntimeBuilder;
+import io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowActivity;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
@@ -56,8 +58,31 @@ public class TestWorkflowsConfiguration {
     WorkflowRuntimeBuilder builder = new WorkflowRuntimeBuilder(new Properties(overrides));
 
     builder.registerWorkflow(TestWorkflow.class);
+    builder.registerWorkflow(TestNamedActivitiesWorkflow.class);
+
     builder.registerActivity(FirstActivity.class);
     builder.registerActivity(SecondActivity.class);
+    builder.registerActivity("a",FirstActivity.class);
+    builder.registerActivity("b",FirstActivity.class);
+    builder.registerActivity("c", new SecondActivity());
+    builder.registerActivity("d", new WorkflowActivity() {
+      @Override
+      public Object run(WorkflowActivityContext ctx) {
+        TestWorkflowPayload workflowPayload = ctx.getInput(TestWorkflowPayload.class);
+        workflowPayload.getPayloads().add("Anonymous Activity");
+        return workflowPayload;
+      }
+    });
+    builder.registerActivity("e", new WorkflowActivity() {
+      @Override
+      public Object run(WorkflowActivityContext ctx) {
+        TestWorkflowPayload workflowPayload = ctx.getInput(TestWorkflowPayload.class);
+        workflowPayload.getPayloads().add("Anonymous Activity 2");
+        return workflowPayload;
+      }
+    });
+
+
 
     return builder;
   }

sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/runtime/WorkflowActivityClassWrapper.java

@@ -30,19 +30,28 @@ public class WorkflowActivityClassWrapper<T extends WorkflowActivity> implements
   /**
    * Constructor for WorkflowActivityWrapper.
    *
+   * @param name  Name of the activity to wrap.
    * @param clazz Class of the activity to wrap.
    */
-  public WorkflowActivityClassWrapper(Class<T> clazz) {
+  public WorkflowActivityClassWrapper(String name, Class<T> clazz) {
-    this.name = clazz.getCanonicalName();
+    this.name = name;
     try {
       this.activityConstructor = clazz.getDeclaredConstructor();
     } catch (NoSuchMethodException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(
-          String.format("No constructor found for activity class '%s'.", this.name), e
+          String.format("No constructor found for activity class '%s'.", this.name), e);
-      );
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor for WorkflowActivityWrapper.
+   *
+   * @param clazz Class of the activity to wrap.
+   */
+  public WorkflowActivityClassWrapper(Class<T> clazz) {
+    this(clazz.getCanonicalName(), clazz);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public String getName() {
     return name;
@@ -58,8 +67,7 @@ public class WorkflowActivityClassWrapper<T extends WorkflowActivity> implements
         activity = this.activityConstructor.newInstance();
       } catch (InstantiationException | IllegalAccessException | InvocationTargetException e) {
         throw new RuntimeException(
-            String.format("Unable to instantiate instance of activity class '%s'", this.name), e
+            String.format("Unable to instantiate instance of activity class '%s'", this.name), e);
-        );
       }
 
       result = activity.run(new DefaultWorkflowActivityContext(ctx));

sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/runtime/WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper.java

@@ -24,14 +24,24 @@ public class WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper<T extends WorkflowActivity> impleme
   private final T activity;
   private final String name;
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor for WorkflowActivityWrapper.
+   *
+   * @param name     Name of the activity to wrap.
+   * @param instance Instance of the activity to wrap.
+   */
+  public WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper(String name, T instance) {
+    this.name = name;
+    this.activity = instance;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Constructor for WorkflowActivityWrapper.
    *
    * @param instance Instance of the activity to wrap.
    */
   public WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper(T instance) {
-    this.name = instance.getClass().getCanonicalName();
+    this(instance.getClass().getCanonicalName(), instance);
-    this.activity = instance;
   }
 
   @Override

sdk-workflows/src/main/java/io/dapr/workflows/runtime/WorkflowRuntimeBuilder.java

@@ -149,11 +149,23 @@ public class WorkflowRuntimeBuilder {
    * @return the WorkflowRuntimeBuilder
    */
   public <T extends WorkflowActivity> WorkflowRuntimeBuilder registerActivity(Class<T> clazz) {
-    this.builder.addActivity(new WorkflowActivityClassWrapper<>(clazz));
+    return registerActivity(clazz.getCanonicalName(), clazz);
-    this.activitySet.add(clazz.getCanonicalName());
+  }
-    this.activities.add(clazz.getSimpleName());
 
-    this.logger.info("Registered Activity: {}", clazz.getSimpleName());
+  /**
+   * Registers an Activity object.
+   *
+   * @param <T>   any WorkflowActivity type
+   * @param name Name of the activity to register.
+   * @param clazz Class of the activity to register.
+   * @return the WorkflowRuntimeBuilder
+   */
+  public <T extends WorkflowActivity> WorkflowRuntimeBuilder registerActivity(String name, Class<T> clazz) {
+    this.builder.addActivity(new WorkflowActivityClassWrapper<>(name, clazz));
+    this.activitySet.add(name);
+    this.activities.add(name);
+
+    this.logger.info("Registered Activity: {}", name);
 
     return this;
   }
@@ -166,13 +178,23 @@ public class WorkflowRuntimeBuilder {
    * @return the WorkflowRuntimeBuilder
    */
   public <T extends WorkflowActivity> WorkflowRuntimeBuilder registerActivity(T instance) {
-    Class<T> clazz = (Class<T>) instance.getClass();
+    return this.registerActivity(instance.getClass().getCanonicalName(), instance);
+  }
 
-    this.builder.addActivity(new WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper<>(instance));
+  /**
-    this.activitySet.add(clazz.getCanonicalName());
+   * Registers an Activity object.
-    this.activities.add(clazz.getSimpleName());
+   *
+   * @param <T>   any WorkflowActivity type
+   * @param name Name of the activity to register.
+   * @param instance the class instance being registered
+   * @return the WorkflowRuntimeBuilder
+   */
+  public <T extends WorkflowActivity> WorkflowRuntimeBuilder registerActivity(String name, T instance) {
+    this.builder.addActivity(new WorkflowActivityInstanceWrapper<>(name, instance));
+    this.activitySet.add(name);
+    this.activities.add(name);
 
-    this.logger.info("Registered Activity: {}", clazz.getSimpleName());
+    this.logger.info("Registered Activity: {}", name);
 
     return this;
   }

sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/runtime/WorkflowActivityClassWrapperTest.java

@@ -6,10 +6,7 @@ import io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowActivityContext;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;
 
 public class WorkflowActivityClassWrapperTest {
   public static class TestActivity implements WorkflowActivity {

sdk-workflows/src/test/java/io/dapr/workflows/runtime/WorkflowRuntimeBuilderTest.java

@@ -19,15 +19,13 @@ import io.dapr.workflows.WorkflowStub;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 
-import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
-import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
-import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
-
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.PrintStream;
 
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertDoesNotThrow;
+import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.eq;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
+
 public class WorkflowRuntimeBuilderTest {
   public static class TestWorkflow implements Workflow {
     @Override
@@ -94,6 +92,6 @@ public class WorkflowRuntimeBuilderTest {
         .info(eq("Registered Workflow: {}"), eq("TestWorkflow"));
 
     verify(testLogger, times(1))
-        .info(eq("Registered Activity: {}"), eq("TestActivity"));
+            .info(eq("Registered Activity: {}"), eq("io.dapr.workflows.runtime.WorkflowRuntimeBuilderTest.TestActivity"));
   }
 }