If I add a folder as a workflow package, are the component ids then going to be the contents of the folder?
There is an easy way to find that out ...
It will be the ID of the folder.
I did a quickflow with a folder and it appears that r_component_id will only contain the folder, as you have stated. Though now I'm wondering if r_component_id can be programmatically updated to contain other ids while the workflow is running, and if so what the implications of doing so would be.
I dont think there should any implication, since its just ID field. The only challenge is whether you are allowed to update it (since its read-only attribute).
Good point, I actually knew that but yet it still didn't occur to me.