Actions often invoke methods on plain Java objects. When called from action-states and decision-states, these method return values can be used to drive state transitions. Since transitions are triggered by events, a method return value must first be mapped to an Event object. The following table describes how common return value types are mapped to Event objects:

This is illustrated in the example action state below, which invokes a method that returns a boolean value:

<action-state id="moreAnswersNeeded">
    <evaluate expression="interview.moreAnswersNeeded()" />
    <transition on="yes" to="answerQuestions" />
    <transition on="no" to="finish" />
</action-state>