Starting a Process Instance—Service Connector API Example (Java)

Example code is provided that illustrates starting a process instance using method calls available in the Service Connector API.

The step numbers in the comments correspond to the steps in the illustration, Starting a Process Instance.

private void startProcessInstanceExample()
{
QualifiedProcessName process = QualifiedProcessName.Factory.newInstance();
try
{
// Step 1 : List the available templates
BasicProcessTemplate[] templates = serviceConnectorInstance.listProcessTemplates(process);
// Step 2 : Get the starter operations, in this example we use the first template we got back
if (templates != null && templates.length > 0)
{

StarterOperation[] operations = serviceConnectorInstance.listStarterOperations(templates[0]
.getProcessQName());

// Step 3 : Check the starter operation - in this example we use the first starter 
// operation we got back
if (operations != null && operations.length > 0)
{
OperationInfo info = serviceConnectorInstance.getStarterOperationInfo(templates[0].getProcessQName(), operations[0].getOperation());
String processId = serviceConnectorInstance.createProcessInstance(templates[0].getProcessQName(),
operations[0].getOperation(), null);
System.out.println(processId);
}
}
}
catch (IllegalArgumentFault e)
{
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
catch (OperationFailedFault e)
{
// TODO Auto-generated catch block
e.printStackTrace();
}
}

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