org.camunda.bpm.engine.repository
Interface ProcessDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

ProcessDefinitionStatistics

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProcessDefinitionEntity, ProcessDefinitionStatisticsEntity

public interface ProcessDefinition

An object structure representing an executable process composed of activities and transitions. Business processes are often created with graphical editors that store the process definition in certain file format. These files can be added to a Deployment artifact, such as for example a Business Archive (.bar) file. At deploy time, the engine will then parse the process definition files to an executable instance of this class, that can be used to start a ProcessInstance.

Author:

Tom Baeyens, Joram Barez, Daniel Meyer

Method Summary

String	getCategory() category name which is derived from the targetNamespace attribute in the definitions element
String	getDeploymentId() The deployment in which this process definition is contained.
String	getDescription() description of this process
String	getDiagramResourceName() The resource name in the deployment of the diagram image (if any).
String	getId() unique identifier
String	getKey() unique name for all versions this process definitions
String	getName() label used for display purposes
String	getResourceName() name of the resource of this process definition.
int	getVersion() version of this process definition
boolean	hasStartFormKey() Does this process definition has a start form key.
boolean	isSuspended() Returns true if the process definition is in suspended state.

Method Detail

getId

String getId()

unique identifier

getCategory

String getCategory()

category name which is derived from the targetNamespace attribute in the definitions element

getName

String getName()

label used for display purposes

getKey

String getKey()

unique name for all versions this process definitions

getDescription

String getDescription()

description of this process

getVersion

int getVersion()

version of this process definition

getResourceName

String getResourceName()

name of the resource of this process definition.

getDeploymentId

String getDeploymentId()

The deployment in which this process definition is contained.

getDiagramResourceName

String getDiagramResourceName()

The resource name in the deployment of the diagram image (if any).

hasStartFormKey

boolean hasStartFormKey()

Does this process definition has a start form key.

isSuspended

boolean isSuspended()

Returns true if the process definition is in suspended state.