Package org.flowable.engine.repository

Interface ProcessDefinition

All Superinterfaces:
FlowableDefinition
All Known Subinterfaces:
ProcessDefinitionEntity
All Known Implementing Classes:
ProcessDefinitionEntityImpl
public interface ProcessDefinition extends FlowableDefinition
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 Details

    • getCategory

      String getCategory()
      category name which is derived from the targetNamespace attribute in the definitions element

    • getDescription

      String getDescription()
      description of this process

    • 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.

    • hasGraphicalNotation

      boolean hasGraphicalNotation()
      Does this process definition has a graphical notation defined (such that a diagram can be generated)?

    • isSuspended

      boolean isSuspended()
      Returns true if the process definition is in suspended state.

    • getDerivedFrom

      String getDerivedFrom()
      The derived from process definition value when this is a dynamic process definition

    • getDerivedFromRoot

      String getDerivedFromRoot()
      The root derived from process definition value when this is a dynamic process definition

    • getDerivedVersion

      int getDerivedVersion()
      The derived version of the process definition

    • getEngineVersion

      String getEngineVersion()
      The engine version for this process definition (5 or 6)