Public API of the Flowable version 5 engine.
It is highly recommended that the version 6 engine be used instead of the version 5 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
org.activiti5.engine.runtime.ProcessInstances.
TaskService: Exposes operations to manage human (standalone)
Tasks,
such as claiming, completing and assigning tasks.
IdentityService: Used for managing
Users,
org.flowable.idm.api.identity.Groups and the relations between them.
ManagementService: Exposes engine administration and maintenance operations,
which have no relation to the runtime exection of business processes.
HistoryService: Exposes information about ongoing and past process instances.
FormService: Access to form data and rendered forms for starting new process instances and completing tasks.