ProcessDefinition (Camunda Platform Javadocs 7.16.18-ee)

All Superinterfaces:

ResourceDefinition

All Known Subinterfaces:

CalledProcessDefinition, ProcessDefinitionStatistics

All Known Implementing Classes:

CalledProcessDefinitionImpl, ProcessDefinitionEntity, ProcessDefinitionStatisticsEntity
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public interface ProcessDefinition
extends ResourceDefinition
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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

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getDescription()`	description of this process
`java.lang.String`	`getVersionTag()`	Version tag of the process definition.
`boolean`	`hasStartFormKey()`	Does this process definition has a `start form key`.
`boolean`	`isStartableInTasklist()`	Returns true if the process definition is startable in Tasklist.
`boolean`	`isSuspended()`	Returns true if the process definition is in suspended state.

Methods inherited from interface org.camunda.bpm.engine.repository.ResourceDefinition
getCategory, getDeploymentId, getDiagramResourceName, getHistoryTimeToLive, getId, getKey, getName, getResourceName, getTenantId, getVersion

- Method Detail
  - getDescription
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java.lang.String getDescription()
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    description of this process
  - hasStartFormKey
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boolean hasStartFormKey()
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    Does this process definition has a start form key.
  - isSuspended
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boolean isSuspended()
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    Returns true if the process definition is in suspended state.
  - getVersionTag
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java.lang.String getVersionTag()
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    Version tag of the process definition.
  - isStartableInTasklist
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boolean isStartableInTasklist()
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    Returns true if the process definition is startable in Tasklist.