Need clarity on different IdentityLinkType

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nutharsh

Hello All,
It would be really great if someone can explain on what is the different between different types of IdentityLinkType available in activiti. I am using activiti 5.17.0.

These are the different types available.

  
public static final String ASSIGNEE = "assignee";
  public static final String CANDIDATE = "candidate";
  public static final String OWNER = "owner";
  public static final String STARTER = "starter";
  public static final String PARTICIPANT = "participant";
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And, I am aware that When we call

task.setAssignee("abc")‍

or

task.setOwner("abc")‍

, both are considered as

getProcessInstance().involveUser(owner, IdentityLinkType.PARTICIPANT);
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How assigning user to task is related to involving user/group at process instance level?

trademak

Hi,

Every assignee of a user task is automatically involved at a process instance level as well. Is that an issue for your use case?

Best regards,