Parsing the process definition

[frauke]

Hello everybody,

is it possible to parse the process definition before the process has been started?
We like to get some information about the tasks before starting the process.

Frauke

[jbarrez]

Correct. I closed it. Thanks!

[rmoskal]

I still don't see the api function from ACT-242 in 5.3. 

ReadOnlyProcessDefinition RepositoryService.getDeployedProcessDefinition(String);

I would like to introspect the structure of some of my workflows, what to do?

[rmoskal]

And a processquery from the runtime service doesn't return a ProcessInstance with the ProcessDefinition fields populated.

[jbarrez]

You will need to cast to RepositoryServiceImpl to see the method. It's not yet 100% as we would like it, hence the cast.

And a processquery from the runtime service doesn't return a ProcessInstance with the ProcessDefinition fields populated.

No, this is for performance reasons, as parsing the process definition is time-consuming and wouldnt service 80% of the typical use cases.
So you would need a second query to get the details.