Public API of the Activiti engine.
Typical usage of the API starts by the creation of a
ProcessEngineConfiguration
(typically based on a configuration file), from which a
ProcessEngine
can be obtained.
Through the services obtained from such a
ProcessEngine
, BPM and workflow operation
can be executed:
RepositoryService
: Manages
Deployment
s
RuntimeService
: For starting and searching
ProcessInstance
s
TaskService
: Exposes operations to manage human (standalone)
Task
s,
such as claiming, completing and assigning tasks
org.activiti.engine.IdentityService
: Used for managing
org.activiti.engine.identity.User
s,
org.activiti.engine.identity.Group
s and the relations between them
ManagementService
: Exposes engine admin and maintenance operations,
which have no relation to the runtime exection of business processes
HistoryService
: Exposes information about ongoing and past process instances.
org.activiti.engine.FormService
: Access to form data and rendered forms for starting new process instances and completing tasks.