Package ch.ivyteam.ivy.workflow

Interface ITaskElement

public interface ITaskElement

A process element where tasks are started, ended or joined

Since:

18.07.2007

API:

This is a public API.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
IQueryResult<ITaskSwitchEvent>	findTaskSwitchEvents(IPropertyFilter<TaskSwitchEventProperty> filter, List<PropertyOrder<TaskSwitchEventProperty>> order, int startIndex, int count, boolean returnAllCount)	Finds task switch events that were executed at this task element
String	getDescription()	Gets the descripion of the process element
long	getId()	Gets the identifier of the task element
int	getJoinPathes()	Gets the number of tasks to join at this element.
TaskElementKind	getKind()	The element kind of this task element
String	getName()	Gets the name of the process element
String	getProcessElementId()	Gets the process element identifier
IWorkflowProcessModelVersion	getProcessModelVersion()	Gets the process model version this task element belongs to
List<ITaskEnd>	getTaskEnds()	Gets the task ends that end at this element
List<ITaskStart>	getTaskStarts()	Gets the task starts that starts at this element
boolean	isUsedByRunningTask()

Method Detail

getId

long getId()

Gets the identifier of the task element

Returns:

identifier

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getProcessModelVersion

IWorkflowProcessModelVersion getProcessModelVersion()

Gets the process model version this task element belongs to

Returns:

process model version

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getProcessElementId

String getProcessElementId()

Gets the process element identifier

Returns:

the process element identifier

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getName

String getName()

Gets the name of the process element

Returns:

name of the process element

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getDescription

String getDescription()

Gets the descripion of the process element

Returns:

description of the process element

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getTaskStarts

List<ITaskStart> getTaskStarts()

Gets the task starts that starts at this element

Returns:

list with the task starts

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getTaskEnds

List<ITaskEnd> getTaskEnds()

Gets the task ends that end at this element

Returns:

list with the task starts

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

findTaskSwitchEvents

IQueryResult<ITaskSwitchEvent> findTaskSwitchEvents(IPropertyFilter<TaskSwitchEventProperty> filter,
                                                    List<PropertyOrder<TaskSwitchEventProperty>> order,
                                                    int startIndex,
                                                    int count,
                                                    boolean returnAllCount)

Finds task switch events that were executed at this task element

Parameters:

filter - a filter to filter the returned task switch events. Maybe null.

order - an order to order the returned task switch events. Maybe null.

startIndex - the index of the first task switch event of all task switch events that is returned in the result

count - the number of task switch events to return in the result

returnAllCount - if true the query result method IQueryResult.getAllCount() returns the overall task switch events that have been found, if false it returns -1

Returns:

a query result with the task switch events

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getKind

TaskElementKind getKind()

The element kind of this task element

Returns:

element kind

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

getJoinPathes

int getJoinPathes()

Gets the number of tasks to join at this element. Start elements will return 0. End elements will return 1. Task Switch elements will return the number of their input arrows.

Returns:

number of tasks to join

Throws:

PersistencyException - if persistency access fails

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.

isUsedByRunningTask

boolean isUsedByRunningTask()

Returns:

true, it the there are not ended tasks referenced with this task element.

API:

This public API is available in IvyScript and Java. It has the visibility EXPERT.