ProcessInstance (Camunda Platform Javadocs 7.19.15-ee)

All Superinterfaces:

Execution

All Known Subinterfaces:

ProcessInstanceWithVariables

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExecutionEntity, ProcessInstanceWithVariablesImpl
```
public interface ProcessInstance
extends Execution
```
Represents one execution of a ProcessDefinition.

Author:

Tom Baeyens, Joram Barrez, Daniel Meyer

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getBusinessKey()`	The business key of this process instance.
`java.lang.String`	`getCaseInstanceId()`	The id of the case instance associated with this process instance.
`java.lang.String`	`getProcessDefinitionId()`	The id of the process definition of the process instance.
`java.lang.String`	`getRootProcessInstanceId()`	The id of the root process instance associated with this process instance.
`boolean`	`isSuspended()`	returns true if the process instance is suspended

Methods inherited from interface org.camunda.bpm.engine.runtime.Execution
getId, getProcessInstanceId, getTenantId, isEnded

- Method Detail
  - getProcessDefinitionId
```
java.lang.String getProcessDefinitionId()
```
    The id of the process definition of the process instance.
  - getBusinessKey
```
java.lang.String getBusinessKey()
```
    The business key of this process instance.
  - getRootProcessInstanceId
```
java.lang.String getRootProcessInstanceId()
```
    The id of the root process instance associated with this process instance.
  - getCaseInstanceId
```
java.lang.String getCaseInstanceId()
```
    The id of the case instance associated with this process instance.
  - isSuspended
```
boolean isSuspended()
```
    returns true if the process instance is suspended
    
    Specified by:
    
    isSuspended in interface Execution