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Terminating a task instance

Sometimes it is necessary for someone with administrator rights to terminate a task instance that is known to be in an unrecoverable state. Because the task instance is terminated immediately, you should terminate a task instance only in exceptional situations.

Procedure

1. Retrieve the task instance to be terminated.

   Task taskInstance = task.getTask(tkiid);

2. Terminate the task instance.

   TKIID tkiid = taskInstance.getID();
   task.terminate(tkiid);

   The task instance is terminated immediately without waiting for any outstanding tasks.

Developing applications for human tasks