org.jbpm.command
Interface CommandService

All Known Implementing Classes:

CommandServiceImpl

public interface CommandService

Provides jBPM engine services.

Author:

Jim Rigsbee, Tom Baeyens

Method Summary

java.lang.Object

execute(Command command) is the session facade that takes commands and executes them.

Method Detail

execute

java.lang.Object execute(Command command)

is the session facade that takes commands and executes them. The CommandService is responsible for creating or obtaining the JbpmContext. The JbpmContext will be passed to the commands as a parameter. In a transactional environment, the execute method demarcates a transaction. The command can be executed remotely and/or asynchronously.

Parameters:

command - engine command to execute

Returns:

an object. The types of objects is determined by the command implementation. See those docs for more details on the return object.

Throws:

JbpmException