Package com.orchestranetworks.workflow

Class ProcessInstanceKey

java.lang.Object

com.orchestranetworks.workflow.ProcessInstanceKey

public final class ProcessInstanceKey
extends Object

Identifies a process instance.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
boolean	equals(Object x)
String	format()	Returns the persistent identifier of a process instance in the EBX® repository.
int	getId()	Returns the identifier of a process instance, in the scope of its published process definition.
int	hashCode()
static ProcessInstanceKey	parse(String aString)	Parses the specified string, so as to return a process instance key.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

parse

public static ProcessInstanceKey parse(String aString)

Parses the specified string, so as to return a process instance key.

The specified string must have been generated by format().

Since:

5.5.1

See Also:

• format()

format

public String format()

Returns the persistent identifier of a process instance in the EBX® repository.

Compared to the method getId(), this identifier takes into account the publication key.

Since:

5.5.1

See Also:

• parse(String)

getId

public int getId()

Returns the identifier of a process instance, in the scope of its published process definition. Namely, it is unique regarding all process instances associated with a given published process definition, but not unique in the context of the EBX® repository.

See Also:

• format()

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class Object

equals

public boolean equals(Object x)

Overrides:

equals in class Object

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object