org.activiti.engine.runtime

Interface ProcessInstanceBuilder

public interface ProcessInstanceBuilder

Helper for starting new ProcessInstance. An instance can be obtained through RuntimeService.createProcessInstanceBuilder(). processDefinitionId or processDefinitionKey should be set before calling start() to start a process instance.

Author:

Bassam Al-Sarori

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProcessInstanceBuilder	addVariable(String variableName, Object value) Add a variable to the process instance
ProcessInstanceBuilder	businessKey(String businessKey) Set the businessKey of process instance
ProcessInstanceBuilder	processDefinitionId(String processDefinitionId) Set the id of the process definition
ProcessInstanceBuilder	processDefinitionKey(String processDefinitionKey) Set the key of the process definition, latest version of the process definition with the given key.
ProcessInstanceBuilder	processInstanceName(String processInstanceName) Set the name of process instance
ProcessInstance	start() Start the process instance
ProcessInstanceBuilder	tenantId(String tenantId) Set the tenantId of process instance

Method Detail

processDefinitionId

ProcessInstanceBuilder processDefinitionId(String processDefinitionId)

Set the id of the process definition

processDefinitionKey

ProcessInstanceBuilder processDefinitionKey(String processDefinitionKey)

Set the key of the process definition, latest version of the process definition with the given key. If processDefinitionId was set this will be ignored

processInstanceName

ProcessInstanceBuilder processInstanceName(String processInstanceName)

Set the name of process instance

businessKey

ProcessInstanceBuilder businessKey(String businessKey)

Set the businessKey of process instance

tenantId

ProcessInstanceBuilder tenantId(String tenantId)

Set the tenantId of process instance

addVariable

ProcessInstanceBuilder addVariable(String variableName,
                                   Object value)

Add a variable to the process instance

start

ProcessInstance start()

Start the process instance

Throws:

ActivitiIllegalArgumentException - if processDefinitionKey and processDefinitionId are null

ActivitiObjectNotFoundException - when no process definition is deployed with the given processDefinitionKey or processDefinitionId