// Save the workflow instance state at the point of persistence with option of locking the instance state if it is shared
// across multiple runtimes or multiple phase instance updates
protected override void SaveWorkflowInstanceState(Activity rootActivity, bool unlock)
{
    // Save the workflow
    Guid contextGuid = (Guid)rootActivity.GetValue(Activity.ActivityContextGuidProperty);
    Console.WriteLine("Saving instance: {0}\n", contextGuid);
    SerializeToFile(
        WorkflowPersistenceService.GetDefaultSerializedForm(rootActivity), contextGuid);

    // See when the next timer (Delay activity) for this workflow will expire
    TimerEventSubscriptionCollection timers = (TimerEventSubscriptionCollection)rootActivity.GetValue(TimerEventSubscriptionCollection.TimerCollectionProperty);
    TimerEventSubscription subscription = timers.Peek();
    if (subscription != null)
    {
        // Set a system timer to automatically reload this workflow when its next timer expires
        TimerCallback callback = new TimerCallback(ReloadWorkflow);
        TimeSpan timeDifference = subscription.ExpiresAt - DateTime.UtcNow;
        System.Threading.Timer timer = new System.Threading.Timer(
            callback,
            subscription.WorkflowInstanceId,
            timeDifference < TimeSpan.Zero ? TimeSpan.Zero : timeDifference,
            new TimeSpan(-1));
    }
}