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package org.camunda.bpm.engine.externaltask;

import java.util.Date;

import org.camunda.bpm.engine.ExternalTaskService;
import org.camunda.bpm.engine.variable.VariableMap;

/**
 * Represents an external task that was fetched and locked.
 *
 * @author Thorben Lindhauer
 */
public interface LockedExternalTask {

  /**
   * @return the id of the task
   */
  String getId();

  /**
   * @return the name of the topic the task belongs to
   */
  String getTopicName();

  /**
   * @return the id of the worker that has locked the task
   */
  String getWorkerId();

  /**
   * @return the absolute time at which the lock expires
   */
  Date getLockExpirationTime();

  /**
   * @return the id of the process instance the task exists in
   */
  String getProcessInstanceId();

  /**
   * @return the id of the execution that the task is assigned to
   */
  String getExecutionId();

  /**
   * @return the id of the activity for which the task is created
   */
  String getActivityId();

  /**
   * @return the id of the activity instance in which context the task exists
   */
  String getActivityInstanceId();

  /**
   * @return the id of the process definition the task's activity belongs to
   */
  String getProcessDefinitionId();

  /**
   * @return the key of the process definition the task's activity belongs to
   */
  String getProcessDefinitionKey();

  /**
   * @return the number of retries left. The number of retries is provided by
   *   a task client, therefore the initial value is null.
   */
  Integer getRetries();

  /**
   * @return the error message submitted with the latest reported failure executing this task;
   *   null if no failure was reported previously or if no error message
   *   was submitted
   *
   * @see ExternalTaskService#handleFailure(String, String, String, int, long)
   */
  String getErrorMessage();

  /**
   * @return a map of variables that contains an entry for every variable
   *   that was specified at fetching time, if such a variable exists in the task's
   *   ancestor execution hierarchy.
   */
  VariableMap getVariables();

  /**
   * @return the id of the tenant the task belongs to. Can be null
   * if the task belongs to no single tenant.
   */
  String getTenantId();
  
  /**
   * Returns the priority of the locked external task.
   * The default priority is 0.
   * @return the priority of the external task
   */
  long getPriority();

}