oracle.owb.processflow
Interface ProcessFlow

All Superinterfaces:

ActivityType, BaseProcess, Component, OWBNamedObject, ProcessActivityParameterOwner, Snapshotable, ValidatableObject

public interface ProcessFlow

extends BaseProcess, ValidatableObject, Component

A Process is a logical design for Process flow object which is often composed of one or more Activities and Transitions. The top level process that can be created by a user directly, this is the instance that will appear as a separate object in the object tree

Fields inherited from interface oracle.owb.processflow.ActivityType

ACTIVITY_TYPE_AND, ACTIVITY_TYPE_EMAIL, ACTIVITY_TYPE_END, ACTIVITY_TYPE_END_ERROR, ACTIVITY_TYPE_END_WARNING, ACTIVITY_TYPE_EXTERNAL, ACTIVITY_TYPE_FILE_EXISTS, ACTIVITY_TYPE_FORK, ACTIVITY_TYPE_FTP, ACTIVITY_TYPE_FUNCTION, ACTIVITY_TYPE_MAP, ACTIVITY_TYPE_OR, ACTIVITY_TYPE_START, ACTIVITY_TYPE_SUBPROCESS

Fields inherited from interface oracle.owb.metadatamgmt.changemgmt.Snapshotable

MAX_DEPENDENCY_DEPTH, MIN_DEPENDENCY_DEPTH

Method Summary

SubProcess	createSubProcess(java.lang.String name, ProcessFlow processFlow, boolean isEmbedded) Creates and returns instance of SubProcess.
SubProcess	findSubProcess(java.lang.String name) Find a SubProcess in the ProcessFlow with the specified name.
ProcessFlowPackage	getOwningPackage() Find Process flow Package in which this Process contains.
SubProcess[]	getSubProcesses() Find all SubProcesses in the ProcessFlow.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.processflow.BaseProcess

createActivity, createActivity, createActivity, createTransition, createTransition, findActivity, findTransition, findTransition, getActivities, getActivities, getEndActivity, getStartActivity, getTransitions

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.processflow.ProcessActivityParameterOwner

createParameter, createParameter, createParameter, findParameter, getParameters, getParameters, getPosition, setPosition

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.OWBNamedObject

delete, getBusinessName, getClassDefinition, getComponent, getDescription, getName, getUOID, isDeletable, isEditable, isRenamable, setBusinessName, setDescription, setName

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.compile.ValidatableObject

validate

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.Component

getOwningFolder, isReloadNeeded, lock, reload, unlock

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.metadatamgmt.changemgmt.Snapshotable

compare, compare, compare, compare, createSnapshot, createSnapshot, createSnapshotWithDependeeComponents, createSnapshotWithDependeeComponents, getSnapshots

Method Detail

getOwningPackage

public ProcessFlowPackage getOwningPackage()

Find Process flow Package in which this Process contains.

Returns:

ProcessFlowPackage object.

createSubProcess

public SubProcess createSubProcess(java.lang.String name,
                                   ProcessFlow processFlow,
                                   boolean isEmbedded)
                            throws NameSpaceException,
                                   oracle.wh.repos.sdk.processflow.exceptions.WBProcessInvalidOperationException,
                                   OWBException

Creates and returns instance of SubProcess. These are any process flow that a has user defined within OWB and would want to include as an activity within another bigger process flow.

Parameters:

name - the name of the SubProcess being created.

processFlow - The type code of the activity that is being created

isEmbedded - Boolean flag identifying if this sub-process is embedded or not.

• true - the sub-process will be an exact clone of the process that it is representing and is de-coupled from the referred ProcessFlow. NOTE: for this release 'true' flag is not supported, will be defaulted to 'false'
• false - the sub-process is tightly coupled to the process that it is representing and can be reconciled inbound and is read only.

Returns:

The newly create SubProcess object.

Throws:

NameSpaceException - if Process Flow name is not unique.

oracle.owb.processflow.WBProcessInvalidOperationException - if the type of activity is one that cannot be created by a user, example of this could be the user creation of a second Start or End activity of a process.

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.

findSubProcess

public SubProcess findSubProcess(java.lang.String name)
                          throws OWBException

Find a SubProcess in the ProcessFlow with the specified name. The names of the SubProcess must be unique, so only one SubProcess will be returned.

Parameters:

name - - The name of the SubProcess.

Returns:

A SubProcess with the specified name, null if not found.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.

getSubProcesses

public SubProcess[] getSubProcesses()
                             throws OWBException

Find all SubProcesses in the ProcessFlow.

Returns:

An array of SubProcess with the specified name, null if not found.

Throws:

OWBException - if any internal error is encountered.