org.camunda.bpm.engine.runtime
Interface VariableInstance

All Known Implementing Classes:

VariableInstanceEntity

public interface VariableInstance

A VariableInstance represents a variable in the execution of a process instance.

Author:

roman.smirnov

Method Summary

String	getActivityInstanceId() Returns the corresponding activity instance id.
String	getCaseExecutionId() Returns the corresponding case execution id.
String	getCaseInstanceId() Returns the corresponding case instance id.
String	getErrorMessage() If the variable value could not be loaded, this returns the error message.
String	getExecutionId() Returns the corresponding execution id.
String	getId()
String	getName() Returns the name of this variable instance.
String	getProcessInstanceId() Returns the corresponding process instance id.
String	getTaskId() Returns the corresponding task id.
String	getTypeName() Returns the name of the type of this variable instance
Object	getValue() Returns the value of this variable instance.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

Returns:

the Id of this variable instance

getName

String getName()

Returns the name of this variable instance.

getTypeName

String getTypeName()

Returns the name of the type of this variable instance

Returns:

getValue

Object getValue()

Returns the value of this variable instance.

getProcessInstanceId

String getProcessInstanceId()

Returns the corresponding process instance id.

getExecutionId

String getExecutionId()

Returns the corresponding execution id.

getCaseInstanceId

String getCaseInstanceId()

Returns the corresponding case instance id.

getCaseExecutionId

String getCaseExecutionId()

Returns the corresponding case execution id.

getTaskId

String getTaskId()

Returns the corresponding task id.

getActivityInstanceId

String getActivityInstanceId()

Returns the corresponding activity instance id.

getErrorMessage

String getErrorMessage()

If the variable value could not be loaded, this returns the error message.

Returns:

an error message indicating why the variable value could not be loaded.