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com.ibm.rules.engine.ruleflow.runtime
Interface RuleflowEngineDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

EngineDefinition, EngineServices

public interface RuleflowEngineDefinition
extends EngineDefinition

Use an RuleflowEngineDefinition instance to create RuleflowEngine instances and to access Task definitions.

Method Summary

RuleflowEngine	createEngine() Creates a RuleflowEngine instance..
RuleflowEngine	createEngine(EngineService... services) Creates a RuleflowEngine.
Task	getMainTask() Returns the ruleflow engine definition main Task.
Task	getTask(String taskName) Returns a specific Task.
List<Task>	getTasks() Returns the Task objects for this RuleflowEngine.

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.rules.engine.runtime.EngineDefinition

getSignature

Methods inherited from interface com.ibm.rules.engine.service.EngineServices

getNumberOfServices, getService, getServiceByName, getServiceClasses

Method Detail

createEngine

RuleflowEngine createEngine()

Creates a RuleflowEngine instance..

Specified by:

createEngine in interface EngineDefinition

Returns:

A new RuleflowEngine.

createEngine

RuleflowEngine createEngine(EngineService... services)

Creates a RuleflowEngine.

Specified by:

createEngine in interface EngineDefinition

Parameters:

services - EngineServices to be used by the new engine. This overrides the default EngineServices in the engine definition.

Returns:

A new RuleflowEngine.

getTasks

List<Task> getTasks()

Returns the Task objects for this RuleflowEngine.

Returns:

The tasks. If no Task objects are present, an empty list is returned.

getTask

Task getTask(String taskName)

Returns a specific Task.

Parameters:

taskName - The name of the Task to be returned.

Returns:

The task that matches taskName. If a task matching this name does not exist, null is returned.

getMainTask

Task getMainTask()

Returns the ruleflow engine definition main Task. Note that it is immutable.

Returns:

The main task