com.bigbross.bossa
Class Bossa

java.lang.Object
  com.bigbross.bossa.Bossa

All Implemented Interfaces:

Serializable

public class Bossa

extends Object

implements Serializable

This class represents a workflow engine in the Bossa workflow library. Use an instance of this class, created by the factory class BossaFactory, to access all elements of the Bossa API.

Author:

BigBross Team

See Also:

BossaFactory, Serialized Form

Method Summary

Object	execute(BossaTransaction transaction) Executes a transaction using the current prevayler.
CaseTypeManager	getCaseTypeManager() Returns the case type manager of this engine.
Historian	getHistorian() Returns the historian of this engine.
NotificationBus	getNotificationBus() Returns the notification bus of this engine.
ResourceManager	getResourceManager() Returns the resource manager of this engine.
TimeSource	getTimeSource() Returns the time source of this engine.
WorkManager	getWorkManager() Returns the work manager of this engine.
void	takeSnapshot() Writes to disk the complete object tree of this engine instance.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

execute

public Object execute(BossaTransaction transaction)
               throws BossaException

Executes a transaction using the current prevayler.

Parameters:

transaction - the transaction to be executed.

Returns:

the value returned by the transaction.

Throws:

BossaException - if the transaction throws an exception.

takeSnapshot

public void takeSnapshot()
                  throws IOException

Writes to disk the complete object tree of this engine instance.

Throws:

IOException

getCaseTypeManager

public CaseTypeManager getCaseTypeManager()

Returns the case type manager of this engine.

Returns:

the case type manager of this engine.

getResourceManager

public ResourceManager getResourceManager()

Returns the resource manager of this engine.

Returns:

the resource manager of this engine.

getWorkManager

public WorkManager getWorkManager()

Returns the work manager of this engine.

Returns:

the work manager of this engine.

getHistorian

public Historian getHistorian()

Returns the historian of this engine.

Returns:

the historian of this engine.

getTimeSource

public TimeSource getTimeSource()

Returns the time source of this engine.

Returns:

the time source of this engine.

getNotificationBus

public NotificationBus getNotificationBus()

Returns the notification bus of this engine.

Returns:

the notification bus of this engine.