ProcessInstance.java

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package org.activiti.engine.runtime;

import org.activiti.engine.repository.ProcessDefinition;



/** Represents one execution of a  {@link ProcessDefinition}.
 * 
 * @author Tom Baeyens
 * @author Joram Barrez
 * @author Daniel Meyer
 */
public interface ProcessInstance extends Execution {
  
  /**
   * The id of the process definition of the process instance.
   */
  String getProcessDefinitionId();
  
  /**
   * The business key of this process instance.
   */
  String getBusinessKey();
  
  /**
   * returns true if the process instance is suspended
   */
  boolean isSuspended();
  
}