com.whitestein.lsps.engine.state.xml

Interface ProcessInstanceParent

All Superinterfaces:

ModelIdentifiable, ModelInstanceAware

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModuleInstance, ProcessInstance

public interface ProcessInstanceParent
extends ModelInstanceAware, ModelIdentifiable

Interface for an element that has child instances of ProcessInstance.

Author:

bhl

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ProcessInstance	addNewProcessInstance(Context context) Adds new child process instance.
ProcessInstance	addNewProcessInstance(com.whitestein.lsps.model.ContextModelElement element) Adds new child process instance.
ProcessInstance	addProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) Adds a process instances as a child of this module instance.
Context	getContext() Returns the context of this element.
ModuleInstance	getModuleInstance() Returns the enclosing module instance.
String	getPath() Returns the full path to this element as a string.
QID	getPathQID() Returns the full path to this element as a QID.
boolean	removeProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance) Removes a process instance.

Methods inherited from interface com.whitestein.lsps.engine.state.xml.ModelInstanceAware

getModelInstance, rebind

Methods inherited from interface com.whitestein.lsps.engine.state.xml.ModelIdentifiable

getElement, getElementId

Method Detail

addNewProcessInstance

ProcessInstance addNewProcessInstance(com.whitestein.lsps.model.ContextModelElement element)

Adds new child process instance.

Parameters:

element -

Returns:

new process instance

Throws:

NullPointerException - if element is null

addNewProcessInstance

ProcessInstance addNewProcessInstance(Context context)

Adds new child process instance.

Parameters:

context -

Returns:

new process instance

Throws:

NullPointerException - if context is null

addProcessInstance

ProcessInstance addProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance)

Adds a process instances as a child of this module instance.

Parameters:

processInstance -

Returns:

added context

removeProcessInstance

boolean removeProcessInstance(ProcessInstance processInstance)

Removes a process instance.

Parameters:

processInstance -

Returns:

true if the module instance contained the given child process instance

getModuleInstance

ModuleInstance getModuleInstance()

Returns the enclosing module instance.

Returns:

the enclosing module instance

getPathQID

QID getPathQID()

Returns the full path to this element as a QID.

Returns:

the full path to this element as a QID

getPath

String getPath()

Returns the full path to this element as a string.

Returns:

the full path to this element as a string

getContext

Context getContext()

Returns the context of this element.

Returns:

the context of this element