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  package org.activiti.engine;
  
  import org.activiti.engine.api.internal.Internal;
  
  /**
   * Provides access to all the services that expose the BPM and workflow operations.
   *
   * <ul>
   * <li>
   * <b>{@link org.activiti.engine.RuntimeService}: </b> Allows the creation of {@link org.activiti.engine.repository.Deployment}s and the starting of and searching on
   * {@link org.activiti.engine.runtime.ProcessInstance}s.</li>
   * <li>
   * <b>{@link org.activiti.engine.TaskService}: </b> Exposes operations to manage human (standalone) {@link org.activiti.engine.task.Task}s, such as claiming, completing and assigning tasks</li>
   * <li>
   * <b>{@link org.activiti.engine.ManagementService}: </b> Exposes engine admin and maintenance operations</li>
   * <li>
   * <b>{@link org.activiti.engine.HistoryService}: </b> Service exposing information about ongoing and past process instances.</li>
   * </ul>
   *
   * Typically, there will be only one central ProcessEngine instance needed in a end-user application. Building a ProcessEngine is done through a {@link ProcessEngineConfiguration} instance and is a
   * costly operation which should be avoided. For that purpose, it is advised to store it in a static field or JNDI location (or something similar). This is a thread-safe object, so no special
   * precautions need to be taken.
   *
   */
  @Internal
  public interface ProcessEngine {
      /** the version of the activiti library */
      public static String VERSION = "8.1.0"; // Note the extra -x at the end. To cater for snapshot releases with different database changes
  
      /**
       * The name as specified in 'process-engine-name' in the activiti.cfg.xml configuration file. The default name for a process engine is 'default
       */
      String getName();
  
      void close();
  
      RepositoryService getRepositoryService();
  
      RuntimeService getRuntimeService();
  
      TaskService getTaskService();
  
      HistoryService getHistoryService();
  
      ManagementService getManagementService();
  
      DynamicBpmnService getDynamicBpmnService();
  
      ProcessEngineConfiguration getProcessEngineConfiguration();
  }
  