dependent services status

[Ted Toth <txtoth@xxxxxxxxx>]

I have a set of services that depend on each other however when
services are started and considered 'active' that does not necessarily
mean they are in a state that a dependent service requires them to be
in to operate properly (for example an inotify watch has been
established). systemd services, I think,  have a substate, is there a
way I can set that to a custom value to indicate the services idea of
its own state?

Ted