/**
* Copyright (c) 2012-2016 Marsha Chechik, Alessio Di Sandro, Michalis Famelis,
* Rick Salay.
* All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
* which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
* http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
*
* Contributors:
* Alessio Di Sandro - Implementation.
*/
package edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A representation of the model object '<em><b>Extendible Element Endpoint</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* The abstract element endpoint. It represents a relationship between extendible elements.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* </p>
* <ul>
* <li>{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getLowerBound <em>Lower Bound</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getUpperBound <em>Upper Bound</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getTarget <em>Target</em>}</li>
* </ul>
*
* @see edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.MIDPackage#getExtendibleElementEndpoint()
* @model abstract="true"
* @generated
*/
public interface ExtendibleElementEndpoint extends ExtendibleElement {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Lower Bound</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* The minimum number of target elements associated with the source (instances: always 1).
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Lower Bound</em>' attribute.
* @see #setLowerBound(int)
* @see edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.MIDPackage#getExtendibleElementEndpoint_LowerBound()
* @model required="true"
* @generated
*/
int getLowerBound();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getLowerBound <em>Lower Bound</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Lower Bound</em>' attribute.
* @see #getLowerBound()
* @generated
*/
void setLowerBound(int value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Upper Bound</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* The maximum number of target elements associated with the source; -1 represents unbounded (instances: always 1).
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Upper Bound</em>' attribute.
* @see #setUpperBound(int)
* @see edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.MIDPackage#getExtendibleElementEndpoint_UpperBound()
* @model required="true"
* @generated
*/
int getUpperBound();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getUpperBound <em>Upper Bound</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Upper Bound</em>' attribute.
* @see #getUpperBound()
* @generated
*/
void setUpperBound(int value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Target</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* The endpoint target element.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Target</em>' reference.
* @see #setTarget(ExtendibleElement)
* @see edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.MIDPackage#getExtendibleElementEndpoint_Target()
* @model required="true"
* @generated
*/
ExtendibleElement getTarget();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link edu.toronto.cs.se.mmint.mid.ExtendibleElementEndpoint#getTarget <em>Target</em>}' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Target</em>' reference.
* @see #getTarget()
* @generated
*/
void setTarget(ExtendibleElement value);
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* The uri of the target element.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @model kind="operation"
* annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/GenModel body='ExtendibleElement target = this.getTarget();\nreturn (target == null) ? null : target.getUri();'"
* @generated
*/
String getTargetUri();
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* {@inheritDoc}<br />
* Gets the element type endpoint of this element instance endpoint.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @model kind="operation" required="true"
* annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/GenModel body='ExtendibleElement metatype = super.getMetatype();\nreturn (metatype == null) ? null : (ExtendibleElementEndpoint) metatype;'"
* @generated
*/
ExtendibleElementEndpoint getMetatype();
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* {@inheritDoc}<br />
* Gets the element supertype endpoint of this element type endpoint.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @model kind="operation"
* annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/GenModel body='ExtendibleElement supertype = super.getSupertype();\nreturn (supertype == null) ? null : (ExtendibleElementEndpoint) supertype;'"
* @generated
*/
ExtendibleElementEndpoint getSupertype();
} // ExtendibleElementEndpoint