org.jbpm.api
Interface ProcessEngine

public interface ProcessEngine

central starting point for all process engine API interactions. This is a thread safe object so it can be kept in a static member field or in JNDI or something similar from which all threads (requests) will fetch the same ProcessEngine object.

Author:

Tom Baeyens

Method Summary

<T> T	get(java.lang.Class<T> type) retrieve and object defined in the process engine by type
java.lang.Object	get(java.lang.String name) retrieve and object defined in the process engine by name
ExecutionService	getExecutionService() the execution service that provides access to the runtime executions repository.
HistoryService	getHistoryService() the history service that provides access to the history executions repository.
IdentityService	getIdentityService() the identity service that exposes the user and group operations management operations.
ManagementService	getManagementService() the management service that exposes the management operations to operators that have to keep the jBPM system up and running.
RepositoryService	getRepositoryService() the repository service that provides access to the process repository.
TaskService	getTaskService() the task service that exposes the runtime human task lists.

Method Detail

getRepositoryService

RepositoryService getRepositoryService()

the repository service that provides access to the process repository.

getExecutionService

ExecutionService getExecutionService()

the execution service that provides access to the runtime executions repository.

getHistoryService

HistoryService getHistoryService()

the history service that provides access to the history executions repository.

getTaskService

TaskService getTaskService()

the task service that exposes the runtime human task lists.

getIdentityService

IdentityService getIdentityService()

the identity service that exposes the user and group operations management operations.

getManagementService

ManagementService getManagementService()

the management service that exposes the management operations to operators that have to keep the jBPM system up and running.

get

<T> T get(java.lang.Class<T> type)

retrieve and object defined in the process engine by type

get

java.lang.Object get(java.lang.String name)

retrieve and object defined in the process engine by name