de.aristaflow.adept2.model.processmodel

Interface ProcessType

public interface ProcessType

Process types organise various process templates logically and provide the means to manage versions of templates. Every process type has a unique (with respect to a process repository) name and is made up of a tree of process templates.

The root of the tree of process templates is the "root template" which is the parent of all templates of the corresponding process type. The implicit parent of the root template is the null template which consists of a start and an end node. When creating a new process type, the root template is created as a copy of the null template. The IDs of the process templates are unique with respect to the whole process repository. The implicit null template has the (virtual - since it is never used) ID 0.

Author:

Ulrich Kreher

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object otherObject) ProcessTypes are equal in case they have the same name and the same root template (not proxy!!).
java.lang.String	getName() Gets the unique (with respect to the process repository) name of the process type.
TemplateProxy	getRootTemplate() Gets (a proxy for) the root template of this process type which is the first ancestor of the null template.
int	hashCode() ProcessTypes are equal in case they have the same name and the same root template (not proxy!!).

Method Detail

getName

java.lang.String getName()

Gets the unique (with respect to the process repository) name of the process type.

Returns:

The (name of the) process type.

getRootTemplate

TemplateProxy getRootTemplate()

Gets (a proxy for) the root template of this process type which is the first ancestor of the null template.

Returns:

The child template of the implicit null template.

equals

boolean equals(java.lang.Object otherObject)

ProcessTypes are equal in case they have the same name and the same root template (not proxy!!). Therefore Object.equals(Object) and Object.hashCode() have to be overridden.

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

Parameters:

otherObject - An instance of another object to compare this ProcessType with.

Returns:

True, if this instance references the same instance of an executable business process as the designated object.

See Also:

Object.equals(Object), Object.hashCode()

hashCode

int hashCode()

ProcessTypes are equal in case they have the same name and the same root template (not proxy!!). Therefore Object.equals(Object) and Object.hashcode() have to be overridden.

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

See Also:

Object.equals(Object), Object.hashCode()