IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder (formcycle: bom 8.4.0 API)

All Superinterfaces:

IWorkflowBpmnAssociationLikeEdgeBuilder<IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder,de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.foundation.BaseElement<?>>, IWorkflowBpmnConnectionEdgeBuilder<IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder,de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.foundation.BaseElement<?>>
```
public interface IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder
extends IWorkflowBpmnAssociationLikeEdgeBuilder<IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder,de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.foundation.BaseElement<?>>
```
Builder for creating an Association and a BPMN edge between a source and a target, used by IFlattenedAlignmentItemMap.association().
When modelling a workflow element as BPMN, the usual approach is to create a nested tree of alignment items, making use of the layouter. This tree then gets resolved to a flat map. Finally, the various method on IFlattenedAlignmentItemMap can be used to create the BPMN shapes, BPMN edges and associations.

Since:

8.4.0

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder`	`associationDirection(de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.artifacts.AssociationDirection direction)`	Sets the direction of the association.
`IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdge`	`build()`	Creates an `Association` and `BPMN edge` between the configured source and target.
`IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder`	`closestDiagonalConnectionToAnnotation(IAnnotatedNamedBpmnElementLayout<? extends de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.foundation.BaseElement<?>> layout)`	Sets the source of the association to the `element` of the `BPMN element layout`, and the target to its `text annotation`.

Methods inherited from interface de.xima.fc.interfaces.workflow.bpmn.IWorkflowBpmnAssociationLikeEdgeBuilder
closestDiagonalConnection

Methods inherited from interface de.xima.fc.interfaces.workflow.bpmn.IWorkflowBpmnConnectionEdgeBuilder
betweenPorts, betweenPorts, betweenPorts, betweenPorts, connectionStyle, firstAxis, fromEdge, fromEdge, fromInPort, fromInPort, fromOutPort, fromOutPort, fromPoint, fromPoint, fromPoint, fromPoint, fromPort, fromPort, toEdge, toEdge, toInPort, toInPort, toOutPort, toOutPort, toPoint, toPoint, toPoint, toPoint, toPort, toPort, viaInPort, viaOutPort, viaPoint, viaPoint, viaPoint

- Method Detail
  - associationDirection
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder associationDirection(de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.artifacts.AssociationDirection direction)
```
    Sets the direction of the association. Defaults to NONE.
    
    Parameters:
    
    direction - The direction of the association.
    
    Returns:
    
    This builder for chaining method calls.
  - build
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdge build()
```
    Creates an Association and BPMN edge between the configured source and target.
    
    Returns:
    
    The created association and BPMN edge.
  - closestDiagonalConnectionToAnnotation
```
@CanIgnoreReturnValue
IWorkflowBpmnAssociationEdgeBuilder closestDiagonalConnectionToAnnotation(IAnnotatedNamedBpmnElementLayout<? extends de.xima.bpmn_model.api.element.bpmn.foundation.BaseElement<?>> layout)
```
    Sets the source of the association to the element of the BPMN element layout, and the target to its text annotation. See closestDiagonalConnection for further details.
    
    Parameters:
    
    layout - The layout of the BPMN element with an annotation.
    
    Returns:
    
    This builder for chaining method calls.