org.drools.runtime.process
Interface WorkflowProcessInstance

All Superinterfaces:

EventListener, NodeInstanceContainer, ProcessInstance

All Known Subinterfaces:

WorkflowProcessInstance

All Known Implementing Classes:

RuleFlowProcessInstance, WorkflowProcessInstanceImpl

public interface WorkflowProcessInstance
extends ProcessInstance, NodeInstanceContainer

A workflow process instance represents one specific instance of a workflow process that is currently executing. It is an extension of a ProcessInstance and contains all runtime state related to the execution of workflow processes.

See Also:

ProcessInstance

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface org.drools.runtime.process.ProcessInstance

STATE_ABORTED, STATE_ACTIVE, STATE_COMPLETED, STATE_PENDING, STATE_SUSPENDED

Method Summary

Object	getVariable(String name) Returns the value of the variable with the given name.
void	setVariable(String name, Object value)

Methods inherited from interface org.drools.runtime.process.ProcessInstance

getId, getProcess, getProcessId, getProcessName, getState

Methods inherited from interface org.drools.runtime.process.EventListener

getEventTypes, signalEvent

Methods inherited from interface org.drools.runtime.process.NodeInstanceContainer

getNodeInstance, getNodeInstances

Method Detail

getVariable

Object getVariable(String name)

Returns the value of the variable with the given name. Note that only variables in the process-level scope will be searched. Returns null if the value of the variable is null or if the variable cannot be found.

Parameters:

name - the name of the variable

Returns:

the value of the variable, or null if it cannot be found

setVariable

void setVariable(String name,
                 Object value)