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
Deployments
RuntimeService: For starting and searching
ProcessInstances
TaskService: Exposes operations to manage human (standalone)
Tasks,
such as claiming, completing and assigning tasks
org.activiti.engine.IdentityService: Used for managing
org.activiti.engine.identity.Users,
org.activiti.engine.identity.Groups 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.