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package org.jbpm.workflow.core;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Set;

import org.jbpm.process.core.Process;

/**
 * Represents a RuleFlow process. 
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:kris_verlaenen@hotmail.com">Kris Verlaenen</a>
 */
public interface WorkflowProcess extends org.kie.api.definition.process.WorkflowProcess, Process, NodeContainer {

    /**
     * Returns the imports of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a List of fully qualified class names.
     * 
     * @return	the imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
    Set<String> getImports();
    
    /**
     * Returns the function imports of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a List of fully qualified class names.
     * 
     * @return	the function imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
    List<String> getFunctionImports();
    
    /**
     * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param imports	the imports as a List of fully qualified class names
     */
    void setImports(Set<String> imports);

    /**
     * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param functionImports	the imports as a List of fully qualified class names
     */
    void setFunctionImports(List<String> functionImports);

    /**
     * Returns the globals of this RuleFlow process.
     * They are defined as a Map with the name as key and the type as value.
     * 
     * @return	the imports of this RuleFlow process
     */
    Map<String, String> getGlobals();
    
    /**
     * Sets the imports of this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @param globals	the globals as a Map with the name as key and the type as value
     */
    void setGlobals(Map<String, String> globals);

    /**
     * Returns the names of the globals used in this RuleFlow process
     * 
     * @return	the names of the globals of this RuleFlow process
     */
    String[] getGlobalNames();
    
    /**
     * Returns whether this process will automatically complete if it
     * contains no active node instances anymore
     * 
     * @return  the names of the globals of this RuleFlow process
     */
    boolean isAutoComplete();
    
    boolean isDynamic();
    
}
