org.camunda.bpm.model.xml
Interface Model

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModelImpl

public interface Model

A model contains all defined types and the relationship between them. See ModelBuilder.createInstance(java.lang.String) to create a new model.

Author:

Daniel Meyer

Method Summary

String	getModelName() Returns the model name, which is the identifier of this model.
ModelElementType	getType(Class<? extends ModelElementInstance> instanceClass) Gets the defined ModelElementType of a ModelElementInstance.
ModelElementType	getTypeForName(String typeName) Gets the defined ModelElementType for a type by its name.
ModelElementType	getTypeForName(String namespaceUri, String typeName) Gets the defined ModelElementType for a type by its name and namespace URI.
Collection<ModelElementType>	getTypes() Gets the collection of all ModelElementType defined in the model.

Method Detail

getTypes

Collection<ModelElementType> getTypes()

Gets the collection of all ModelElementType defined in the model.

Returns:

the list of all defined element types of this model

getType

ModelElementType getType(Class<? extends ModelElementInstance> instanceClass)

Gets the defined ModelElementType of a ModelElementInstance.

Parameters:

instanceClass - the instance class to find the type for

Returns:

the corresponding element type or null if no type is defined for the instance

getTypeForName

ModelElementType getTypeForName(String typeName)

Gets the defined ModelElementType for a type by its name.

Parameters:

typeName - the name of the type

Returns:

the element type or null if no type is defined for the name

getTypeForName

ModelElementType getTypeForName(String namespaceUri,
                                String typeName)

Gets the defined ModelElementType for a type by its name and namespace URI.

Parameters:

namespaceUri - the namespace URI for the type

typeName - the name of the type

Returns:

the element type or null if no type is defined for the name and namespace URI

getModelName

String getModelName()

Returns the model name, which is the identifier of this model.

Returns:

the model name