This activity allows a process to specify a delay for a certain period or until a certain deadline is reached. A typical use of this activity is to invoke an operation at a certain time. This activity enables you to wait for a given time period or until a certain time has passed. Exactly one of the expiration criteria must be specified.

Figure A-48 shows the Wait dialog in BPEL 2.0.

For more information about the wait activity, see Setting an Expiration Time with a Wait Activity .