com.lexmark.saperion.workflow

Interface WorkflowDefinitionService

All Superinterfaces:

com.lexmark.saperion.search.SearchExecutionService<WorkflowDefinitionListItemType>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractWorkflowDefinitionDelegateService, WorkflowDefinitionDelegateService

public interface WorkflowDefinitionService
extends com.lexmark.saperion.search.SearchExecutionService<WorkflowDefinitionListItemType>

This service provides functionality concerning workflow definitions.

Author:

jschwarz

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
TransitionDefinitionType	getInitialTransition(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference) This method returns the initial transition definition for the referenced workflow.
WorkflowDefinitionType	getWorkflowDefinitionById(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference) This method returns further information for a workflow process given by its reference.
com.lexmark.saperion.search.SearchResultPage<WorkflowDefinitionListItemType>	search(com.lexmark.saperion.search.query.Statement statement, com.lexmark.saperion.search.PageDefinition pageDefinition) This method returns a list of references for every workflow definition in the system accessible from the current tenant.
default WorkflowProcessReferenceType	startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType workflowDefinitionReference, com.lexmark.saperion.document.DocumentReferenceType documentId, List<? extends com.lexmark.saperion.administration.ActorReferenceType> actors, String comment) Deprecated. use startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType, WorkflowStartInputType) instead
WorkflowProcessReferenceType	startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference, WorkflowStartInputType input) This method starts a workflow process given a workflow definition and a document (by its id).

Method Detail

search

com.lexmark.saperion.search.SearchResultPage<WorkflowDefinitionListItemType> search(com.lexmark.saperion.search.query.Statement statement,
                                                                                    com.lexmark.saperion.search.PageDefinition pageDefinition)
                                                                             throws com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

This method returns a list of references for every workflow definition in the system accessible from the current tenant.

Specified by:

search in interface com.lexmark.saperion.search.SearchExecutionService<WorkflowDefinitionListItemType>

Returns:

a list of every workflow definition in the system accessible from the current tenant

Throws:

com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

getWorkflowDefinitionById

WorkflowDefinitionType getWorkflowDefinitionById(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference)
                                          throws com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

This method returns further information for a workflow process given by its reference.

Parameters:

reference - the workflow definition reference in base64 encoded form of {"name":"xxx"}

Returns:

further information for a workflow process given by its reference

Throws:

com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

startWorkflowProcess

@Deprecated
default WorkflowProcessReferenceType startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType workflowDefinitionReference,
                                                                       com.lexmark.saperion.document.DocumentReferenceType documentId,
                                                                       List<? extends com.lexmark.saperion.administration.ActorReferenceType> actors,
                                                                       String comment)
                                                                throws com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

Deprecated. use startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType, WorkflowStartInputType) instead

This method starts a workflow process given a workflow definition and a document (by its id).

Parameters:

workflowDefinitionReference - a reference to the workflow definition to start

documentId - the id of the document to start the process on

actors - a list of the receivers of the next task, may be null depending on the workflow definition

comment - a comment for the workflow process, may be null depending on the workflow definition

Returns:

a reference to the process that was started.

Throws:

com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

startWorkflowProcess

WorkflowProcessReferenceType startWorkflowProcess(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference,
                                                  WorkflowStartInputType input)
                                           throws com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

This method starts a workflow process given a workflow definition and a document (by its id).

Parameters:

reference - the workflow definition reference in base64 encoded form of {"name":"xxx"}

input - the parameters for starting a workflow

Returns:

a reference to the process that was started.

Throws:

com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

getInitialTransition

TransitionDefinitionType getInitialTransition(WorkflowDefinitionReferenceType reference)
                                       throws com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException

This method returns the initial transition definition for the referenced workflow. If the referenced workflow definition doesn't exist the method throws a ResourceNotFoundException. If the initial transition was not found the method returns null.

Parameters:

reference - the workflow definition reference in base64 encoded form of {"name":"xxx"}

Returns:

the initial transition of the referenced workflow or null if not present

Throws:

com.lexmark.saperion.exceptions.EcmException