com.groiss.timemgmt

Interface TimeManagement

All Known Implementing Classes:

DefaultTimeManagementImpl, PlanTimeMgmt

public interface TimeManagement

Pluggable time management. Your implementation should implement this interface.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	archiveProcessInstance(ProcessInstance pi) If something is to do when processes are archived (clean up).
Date	calculateActivityDueDate(ActivityInstance instance, ActivityInstance prevStep) Compute the duedate for the given ActivityInstance.
Date	calculateProcessDueDate(ProcessDefinition process) Returns a default duedate for a process start.
void	deleteProcessDefinition(ProcessDefinition pd) If something is to do when process definitions are deleted (clean up).
void	duedateChanged(ActivityInstance ai) This method is called if the duedate of an activity or process instance is changed (from API or user interface).
Component	getHistoryInfo(ActivityInstance ai) Return a href to a detail page for the time management of the process instance.
String	getProcessStartInfo(ProcessDefinition procdef) Return a href to a detail page for the process start mask If the result is empty, nothing is done.
String	getWorklistInfo(ActivityInstance ai) Return a href to a detail page for the time management of the activity instance.

Method Detail

calculateProcessDueDate

Date calculateProcessDueDate(ProcessDefinition process)

Returns a default duedate for a process start.

calculateActivityDueDate

Date calculateActivityDueDate(ActivityInstance instance,
                              ActivityInstance prevStep)

Compute the duedate for the given ActivityInstance. Called when the instance is created.

duedateChanged

void duedateChanged(ActivityInstance ai)

This method is called if the duedate of an activity or process instance is changed (from API or user interface). The time management may react and adapt the plan.

Parameters:

ai - activity or process instance

archiveProcessInstance

void archiveProcessInstance(ProcessInstance pi)

If something is to do when processes are archived (clean up).

Parameters:

pi -

deleteProcessDefinition

void deleteProcessDefinition(ProcessDefinition pd)

If something is to do when process definitions are deleted (clean up).

Parameters:

pd -

getProcessStartInfo

String getProcessStartInfo(ProcessDefinition procdef)

Return a href to a detail page for the process start mask If the result is empty, nothing is done. Otherwise a link is created showing the details in an iframe on the process start mask.

Parameters:

procdef -

Returns:

an url or null

getWorklistInfo

String getWorklistInfo(ActivityInstance ai)

Return a href to a detail page for the time management of the activity instance. It is used in the worklist in the duedate column. If the result is empty, nothing is done. Otherwise a link is created with the result value as href. An additional tab "scehdule" is created in the activity instance detail page

Parameters:

ai -

Returns:

an url or null

getHistoryInfo

Component getHistoryInfo(ActivityInstance ai)

Return a href to a detail page for the time management of the process instance. It is used in the worklist in the duedate column. If the result is empty, nothing is done. Otherwise a link is created with the result value as href.

Parameters:

ai -

Returns:

an url or null