From 298ee70ae23c7cee171f5ce7286e50aa3601118f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Sipke Schoorstra <sipkeschoorstra@outlook.com>
Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2024 22:00:42 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add GetOutput method in ActivityExtensions

A new GetOutput method has been added to the ActivityExtensions.cs file. This method allows the retrieval of output with a specific name from an activity. Useful for handling complex types in workflow activities.
---
 .../Extensions/ActivityExtensions.cs              | 15 +++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Extensions/ActivityExtensions.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Extensions/ActivityExtensions.cs
index da916646c..279f5bce2 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Extensions/ActivityExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Extensions/ActivityExtensions.cs
@@ -137,6 +137,21 @@ public static class ActivityExtensions
         var outputName = outputExpression.GetPropertyName();
         return ((IActivity)activity!).GetOutput<T>(context, outputName);
     }
+    
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Gets the output with the specified name.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="activity">The activity.</param>
+    /// <param name="context">The context.</param>
+    /// <param name="outputExpression">The output expression.</param>
+    /// <typeparam name="TActivity">The type of the activity.</typeparam>
+    /// <typeparam name="T">The type of the output.</typeparam>
+    /// <returns>The output value.</returns>
+    public static T? GetOutput<TActivity, T>(this TActivity activity, ExpressionExecutionContext context, Expression<Func<TActivity, object?>> outputExpression)
+    {
+        var outputName = outputExpression.GetPropertyName();
+        return ((IActivity)activity!).GetOutput<T>(context, outputName);
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Gets the Result output of the specified activity.