org.camunda.bpm.engine.spring.annotations

Annotation Type StartProcess

@Target(value=METHOD)
@Retention(value=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 and Description
String	processKey the name of the business process to start (by key)

Optional Element Summary

Optional Elements

Modifier and Type	Optional Element and Description
boolean	returnProcessInstanceId returns the ID of the ProcessInstance.

Element Detail

processKey

public abstract String processKey

the name of the business process to start (by key)

returnProcessInstanceId

public abstract 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