org.activiti.engine.query

Interface Query<T extends Query<?,?>,U>

All Known Subinterfaces:

DeploymentQuery, ExecutionQuery, GroupQuery, HistoricActivityInstanceQuery, HistoricDetailQuery, HistoricProcessInstanceQuery, HistoricTaskInstanceQuery, HistoricVariableInstanceQuery, JobQuery, ModelQuery, ProcessDefinitionQuery, ProcessInstanceQuery, TaskInfoQuery<T,V>, TaskQuery, UserQuery

public interface Query<T extends Query<?,?>,U>

Describes basic methods for querying.

Author:

Frederik Heremans

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
T	asc() Order the results ascending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).
long	count() Executes the query and returns the number of results
T	desc() Order the results descending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).
List<U>	list() Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result.
List<U>	listPage(int firstResult, int maxResults) Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result.
U	singleResult() Executes the query and returns the resulting entity or null if no entity matches the query criteria.

Method Detail

asc

T asc()

Order the results ascending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).

desc

T desc()

Order the results descending on the given property as defined in this class (needs to come after a call to one of the orderByXxxx methods).

count

long count()

Executes the query and returns the number of results

singleResult

U singleResult()

Executes the query and returns the resulting entity or null if no entity matches the query criteria.

Throws:

ActivitiException - when the query results in more than one entities.

list

List<U> list()

Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result.

listPage

List<U> listPage(int firstResult,
                 int maxResults)

Executes the query and get a list of entities as the result.