开始定时事件(Start Event Timer)指在开始事件中指定定时器,在符合指定的时间时流程会自动启动。下面通过实例来学习该事件。
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流程图:

流程将在设定的时间点启动流程,然后流程进入“任务01”(需要调用complete方法),最后流程结束。
流程定义XML:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<definitions xmlns="https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/MODEL" xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:activiti="https://activiti.org/bpmn" xmlns:bpmndi="https://www.omg.org/spec/BPMN/20100524/DI" xmlns:omgdc="https://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DC" xmlns:omgdi="https://www.omg.org/spec/DD/20100524/DI" typeLanguage="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" expressionLanguage="https://www.w3.org/1999/XPath" targetNamespace="https://www.activiti.org/processdef">
<process id="timerStartEventTest01" name="定时开始事件测试01" isExecutable="true">
<startEvent id="start">
<timerEventDefinition>
<timeDate>2015-03-08T15:30:30</timeDate>
</timerEventDefinition>
</startEvent>
<userTask id="task01" name="任务01"></userTask>
<endEvent id="end"></endEvent>
<sequenceFlow id="sid-B96A1813-6837-4845-8167-3ACA1A3B3D20" sourceRef="start" targetRef="task01"></sequenceFlow>
<sequenceFlow id="sid-35F14E43-5255-4FCC-8962-209578CDE088" sourceRef="task01" targetRef="end"></sequenceFlow>
</process>
<bpmndi:BPMNDiagram id="BPMNDiagram_timerStartEventTest01">
<bpmndi:BPMNPlane bpmnElement="timerStartEventTest01" id="BPMNPlane_timerStartEventTest01">
<bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="task01" id="BPMNShape_task01">
<omgdc:Bounds height="80.0" width="100.0" x="191.0" y="125.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
</bpmndi:BPMNShape>
<bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="end" id="BPMNShape_end">
<omgdc:Bounds height="28.0" width="28.0" x="336.0" y="151.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
</bpmndi:BPMNShape>
<bpmndi:BPMNShape bpmnElement="start" id="BPMNShape_start">
<omgdc:Bounds height="30.0" width="30.0" x="100.0" y="150.0"></omgdc:Bounds>
</bpmndi:BPMNShape>
<bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="sid-35F14E43-5255-4FCC-8962-209578CDE088" id="BPMNEdge_sid-35F14E43-5255-4FCC-8962-209578CDE088">
<omgdi:waypoint x="291.0" y="165.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
<omgdi:waypoint x="336.0" y="165.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
</bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
<bpmndi:BPMNEdge bpmnElement="sid-B96A1813-6837-4845-8167-3ACA1A3B3D20" id="BPMNEdge_sid-B96A1813-6837-4845-8167-3ACA1A3B3D20">
<omgdi:waypoint x="130.0" y="165.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
<omgdi:waypoint x="191.0" y="165.0"></omgdi:waypoint>
</bpmndi:BPMNEdge>
</bpmndi:BPMNPlane>
</bpmndi:BPMNDiagram>
</definitions>Activiti配置文件:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
xmlns:xsi="https://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
https://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
<bean id="processEngineConfiguration"
class="org.activiti.engine.impl.cfg.StandaloneProcessEngineConfiguration">
<property name="jdbcUrl" value="jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/activiti" />
<property name="jdbcDriver" value="com.mysql.jdbc.Driver" />
<property name="jdbcUsername" value="root" />
<property name="jdbcPassword" value="aaaaaa" />
<property name="jobExecutorActivate" value="true" />
<property name="databaseType" value="mysql"/>
<property name="databaseSchemaUpdate" value="true" />
<property name="history" value="full"/>
</bean>
</beans>Java客户端代码:
package com.bug315.event;
import org.activiti.engine.ProcessEngines;
import org.activiti.engine.RepositoryService;
import org.activiti.engine.TaskService;
import org.activiti.engine.impl.ProcessEngineImpl;
import org.activiti.engine.task.TaskQuery;
/**
* 定时开始事件测试
* @author Administrator
*
*/
public class TimerStartEventTest01 {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
ProcessEngineImpl processEngine = (ProcessEngineImpl)ProcessEngines.getDefaultProcessEngine();
processEngine.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getJobExecutor().start();
RepositoryService repositoryService = processEngine.getRepositoryService();
repositoryService.createDeployment().addClasspathResource("bpmn/timerStartEventTest01.bpmn20.xml").deploy();
System.out.println("流程部署成功");
// 暂停60秒
Thread.sleep(1000 * 60);
TaskService taskService = processEngine.getTaskService();
TaskQuery taskQuery = taskService.createTaskQuery();
System.out.println("task size = " + taskQuery.list().size());
processEngine.getProcessEngineConfiguration().getJobExecutor().shutdown();
}
}注意事项:
1、使用定时器开始事件需要启动JobExecutor