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package org.jbpm.pvm.internal.model;
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/**
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* a transition in a {@link OpenProcessDefinition} graph.
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*
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* <h3 id="guardconditions">Guard conditions</h3>
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* <p>TODO</p>
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*
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* <h3 id="transitionsaswaitstates">Transitions as wait states</h3>
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* <p>A wait condition indicates wether a transition is to be taken synchronously
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* or wether the transition will behave as a wait state.
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* </p>
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*
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* <p>Transitions that are wait states can occur when an analyst has
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* an actual state (e.g. 'making loss') and a desired state (e.g. 'making profit')
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* and models a transition between those states. In that case the transition
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* might take a long time and hence it results into a wait state for the system.
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* </p>
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*
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* <p>If the wait condition is null or if it returns false, then the transition
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* will be taking synchronously. Otherwise the transition will behave as
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* a wait state and wait for a signal on the execution.
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* </p>
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*
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* <p>Transitions as wait states has every thing to do with matching the
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* process graph to transactions on the server. If the transition is taken
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* in one (the current) transaction, then the async condition should be empty
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* or evaluate to false. If the arrival of the execution in the destination
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* activity should occur in a separate execution
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*
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* @author Tom Baeyens
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*/
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public interface Transition extends ObservableElement {
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/** the activity from which this transition leaves. */
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Activity getSource();
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/** the activity in which this transition arrives. */
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Activity getDestination();
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/** the general purpose condition that can be used in various ways by the
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* activities. */
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Condition getCondition();
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}
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