jBPM5中的Multiple Instance sub-process是较特殊的子流程,它允许多次执行包含的子流程,当一个集合中有元素存在,则子流程循环执行,直到集合中的元素为空,子流程执行结束。如下为Multiple Instance sub-process流程示意:
如图,在主流程启动时我们传入一个队列,队列中包括一系列整数,子流程运行每次判断队列中的整数能否被2整除(奇数),如果不能被则将相应的整数添加到错误列表,注意,子流程运行的次数等于队列的大小。流程运行结束打印输出错误列表。
- Multiple Instance sub-process流程运行代码:https://github.com/kylinsoong/.../MultipleNodeInstanceProcessStart.java
- Multiple Instance sub-process流程:https://github.com/kylinsoong/.../multipleNodeInstanceProcess.bpmn
package org.jbpm.quickstarts.subprocess;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.drools.runtime.StatefulKnowledgeSession;
import org.drools.runtime.process.ProcessInstance;
import org.drools.runtime.process.WorkflowProcessInstance;
import org.jbpm.quickstarts.QuickStartBase;
public class MultipleNodeInstanceProcessStart extends QuickStartBase {
public static void main(String[] args) {
new MultipleNodeInstanceProcessStart().test();
}
public void test() {
StatefulKnowledgeSession ksession = createKnowledgeSession("quickstarts/multipleNodeInstanceProcess.bpmn");
List<Number> numbers = new ArrayList<Number>();
numbers.add(2);
numbers.add(4);
numbers.add(56);
numbers.add(7);
numbers.add(10);
numbers.add(13);
Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<String, Object>();
parameters.put("numberList", numbers);
parameters.put("errorList", new ArrayList());
//Start the process using its id
ProcessInstance process = ksession.startProcess("org.jbpm.quickstarts.multiplenodeinstanceprocess",parameters);
List errorList = (List) ((WorkflowProcessInstance)process).getVariable("errorList");
System.out.println("Error List: " + errorList);
}
}
Multiple Instance sub-process流程运行结果:
Is 2 Even? true
Is 4 Even? true
Is 56 Even? true
Is 7 Even? false
Odd number found: 7
Is 10 Even? true
Is 13 Even? false
Odd number found: 13
Error List: [7, 13]
如上结果显示,队列中奇数为7和13.