org.camunda.bpm.model.xml
Interface ModelInstance

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModelInstanceImpl

public interface ModelInstance

An instance of a model

Author:

Daniel Meyer

Method Summary

ModelInstance	clone() Copies the model instance but not the model.
DomDocument	getDocument() Returns the wrapped DomDocument.
ModelElementInstance	getDocumentElement() Returns the ModelElement corresponding to the document element of this model or null if no document element exists.
Model	getModel() Returns the underlying model.
<T extends ModelElementInstance> T	getModelElementById(String id) Find a unique element of the model by id.
<T extends ModelElementInstance> Collection<T>	getModelElementsByType(Class<T> referencingClass) Find all elements of a type.
Collection<ModelElementInstance>	getModelElementsByType(ModelElementType referencingType) Find all elements of a type.
<T extends ModelElementInstance> T	newInstance(Class<T> type) Creates a new instance of type class.
<T extends ModelElementInstance> T	newInstance(ModelElementType type) Creates a new instance of type.
void	setDocumentElement(ModelElementInstance documentElement) Updates the document element.

Method Detail

getDocument

DomDocument getDocument()

Returns the wrapped DomDocument.

Returns:

the DOM document

getDocumentElement

ModelElementInstance getDocumentElement()

Returns the ModelElement corresponding to the document element of this model or null if no document element exists.

Returns:

the document element or null

setDocumentElement

void setDocumentElement(ModelElementInstance documentElement)

Updates the document element.

Parameters:

documentElement - the new document element to set

newInstance

<T extends ModelElementInstance> T newInstance(Class<T> type)

Creates a new instance of type class.

Type Parameters:

T - instance type

Parameters:

type - the class of the type to create

Returns:

the new created instance

newInstance

<T extends ModelElementInstance> T newInstance(ModelElementType type)

Creates a new instance of type.

Type Parameters:

T - instance type

Parameters:

type - the type to create

Returns:

the new created instance

getModel

Model getModel()

Returns the underlying model.

Returns:

the model

getModelElementById

<T extends ModelElementInstance> T getModelElementById(String id)

Find a unique element of the model by id.

Parameters:

id - the id of the element

Returns:

the element with the id or null

getModelElementsByType

Collection<ModelElementInstance> getModelElementsByType(ModelElementType referencingType)

Find all elements of a type.

Parameters:

referencingType - the type of the elements

Returns:

the collection of elements of the type

getModelElementsByType

<T extends ModelElementInstance> Collection<T> getModelElementsByType(Class<T> referencingClass)

Find all elements of a type.

Parameters:

referencingClass - the type class of the elements

Returns:

the collection of elements of the type

clone

ModelInstance clone()

Copies the model instance but not the model. So only the wrapped DOM document is cloned. Changes of the model are persistent between multiple model instances.

Returns:

the new model instance