StartProcess (Camunda Platform Javadocs 7.20.0-SNAPSHOT)

```
@Target(METHOD)
@Retention(RUNTIME)
@Documented
public @interface StartProcess
```
this annotation instructs the component model to start an Activiti business process on sucessful invocation of a method that's annotated with it.

Since:

1.0

Author:

Josh Long

- Required Element Summary
  
  Required Elements
  Modifier and Type Required Element Description
  
  String processKey
  the name of the business process to start (by key)
- Optional Element Summary
  
  Optional Elements
  Modifier and Type Optional Element Description
  
  boolean returnProcessInstanceId
  returns the ID of the ProcessInstance.

- Element Detail
  - processKey
```
String processKey
```
    the name of the business process to start (by key)
- - returnProcessInstanceId
```
boolean returnProcessInstanceId
```
    returns the ID of the ProcessInstance. If specified, it'll only work if the return type of the invocation is compatabile with a ProcessInstance's ID (which is a String, at the moment)
    
    Returns:
    
    whether to return the process instance ID
    
    Default:
    
    false