Process Class Relationships

Use the class relationship diagrams to ensure you are calling preferred methods when calling these Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

These classes have a flat class hierarchy; therefore, the proper relationship between classes cannot be determined solely by the class hierarchy. (You can look at the class hierarchy by selecting the Tree tab at the top of each reference page).

The calling sequences are separated, by function, into three areas:

These class relationships (or calling sequence diagrams) are not encyclopedic in detail. They show only the primary class relationships and the preferred methods used to call them. Use the class relationship diagrams with the detailed reference information found in the Process API Javadoc documentation.

These diagrams do not show deprecated methods, since in all cases the deprecated methods have been replaced by a new, preferred method. All deprecated methods have been marked in the reference documentation, and in most cases you will find a suggestion on which new method you should use.

Warning: Do not use the deprecated methods; these methods can be removed without notice. (You can find a listing of all of the current deprecated methods by selecting the Deprecated tab at the top of each reference page from within the Process API documentation.)

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