org.jwarp.flow.process
Interface IActivity

All Superinterfaces:

IWorkflowObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

Activity

public interface IActivity

extends IWorkflowObject

This is the implementation class of an activity. An activity is a part of a workflow containing several work to be done. All the work within the activity must normally finished so the activity is able to determine the final activity status.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Anatole Tresch

Field Summary

static int	ACTIVE Constant indicating that the transitions is firing, that means executing.
static int	BLOCKED Constant indicating that this transition can not fire.
static int	COMPLETED Constant indicating that the transition has fired successfully.
static int	CREATED Constant indicating that this transition is not yet initialised.
static int	READY Constant indicating that the transition is ready to fire, but was not activated yet for execution.
static int	TYPE_EXTERNAL
static int	TYPE_SUBFLOW
static int	TYPE_TOOL
static int	TYPE_USER

Method Summary

int	getActivityType()
java.util.Date	getCreationTime()
java.util.Date	getEndTime()
IParticipant	getParticipant() Returns the participant of this transition.
IRole	getRole() Returns the activities's role.
java.util.Date	getStartTime()
int	getStatus() Return the activiy's overall status
ITransition	getTransition() Returns the participant of this transition.
void	run(IWorkflowContext context) Run this activity

Methods inherited from interface org.jwarp.flow.IWorkflowObject

getDescription, getID, getName

Field Detail

TYPE_EXTERNAL

public static final int TYPE_EXTERNAL

TYPE_SUBFLOW

public static final int TYPE_SUBFLOW

TYPE_TOOL

public static final int TYPE_TOOL

TYPE_USER

public static final int TYPE_USER

CREATED

public static final int CREATED

Constant indicating that this transition is not yet initialised.

BLOCKED

public static final int BLOCKED

Constant indicating that this transition can not fire.

READY

public static final int READY

Constant indicating that the transition is ready to fire, but was not activated yet for execution.

ACTIVE

public static final int ACTIVE

Constant indicating that the transitions is firing, that means executing.

COMPLETED

public static final int COMPLETED

Constant indicating that the transition has fired successfully.

Method Detail

getActivityType

public int getActivityType()

getRole

public IRole getRole()

Returns the activities's role. The role determines also indirectly which persons can execute the transitions or the transitions forms. In a order case there are customers, sales persons, sticks and invoicing as possible roles. In othe workflows there are others.

getParticipant

public IParticipant getParticipant()

Returns the participant of this transition. If the participant is human or external then external input is needed.

Returns:

The participant

getTransition

public ITransition getTransition()

Returns the participant of this transition. If the participant is human or external then external input is needed.

Returns:

The participant

getStatus

public int getStatus()

Return the activiy's overall status

Returns:

The status

run

public void run(IWorkflowContext context)
         throws ProcessInitException,
                ProcessException

Run this activity

Throws:

ActivityInitException - If the activity could not be started

ActivityException - If an error during activity executino occured

getCreationTime

public java.util.Date getCreationTime()

getStartTime

public java.util.Date getStartTime()

getEndTime

public java.util.Date getEndTime()