ExternalTaskClient (Camunda Platform Javadocs 7.20.0-SNAPSHOT)

All Known Implementing Classes:

ExternalTaskClientImpl
```
public interface ExternalTaskClient
```
Camunda external task client

Author:

Tassilo Weidner

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`static ExternalTaskClientBuilder`	`create()`	Creates a fluent builder to configure the Camunda client
`boolean`	`isActive()`
`void`	`start()`	Starts continuous fetching and locking of tasks
`void`	`stop()`	Stops continuous fetching and locking of tasks
`TopicSubscriptionBuilder`	`subscribe(String topicName)`	Creates a fluent builder to create and configure a topic subscription

- Method Detail
  - create
```
static ExternalTaskClientBuilder create()
```
    Creates a fluent builder to configure the Camunda client
    
    Returns:
    
    builder to apply configurations on
  - subscribe
```
TopicSubscriptionBuilder subscribe(String topicName)
```
    Creates a fluent builder to create and configure a topic subscription
    
    Parameters:
    
    topicName - the client subscribes to
    
    Returns:
    
    builder to apply configurations on
  - stop
```
void stop()
```
    Stops continuous fetching and locking of tasks
  - start
```
void start()
```
    Starts continuous fetching and locking of tasks
  - isActive
```
boolean isActive()
```
    Returns:
    
    true if the client is actively fetching for tasks
    false if the client is not actively fetching for tasks