/**
* Copyright (c) 2006-2010 IBM Corporation and others.
* 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:
* IBM - Initial API and implementation
*/
package org.eclipse.emf.ecore;
import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A representation of the model object '<em><b>EGeneric Type</b></em>'.
* A generic type is analogous to Java 5.0 {@link java.lang.reflect.Type Type}.
* It can represent a reference to a type parameter,
* a reference to a classifier, along with optional type arguments if the classifier specify type parameters,
* or a wildcard with an optional upper or lower bound.
* @since 2.3
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* </p>
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getEUpperBound <em>EUpper Bound</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getETypeArguments <em>EType Arguments</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getERawType <em>ERaw Type</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getELowerBound <em>ELower Bound</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getETypeParameter <em>EType Parameter</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getEClassifier <em>EClassifier</em>}</li>
* </ul>
*
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType()
* @model annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore constraints='ConsistentType ConsistentBounds ConsistentArguments'"
* @generated
*/
public interface EGenericType extends EObject
{
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EUpper Bound</b></em>' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* A generic type with an upper bound T, is equivalent to "? extends T" in Java.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EUpper Bound</em>' containment reference.
* @see #setEUpperBound(EGenericType)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_EUpperBound()
* @model containment="true"
* @generated
*/
EGenericType getEUpperBound();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getEUpperBound <em>EUpper Bound</em>}' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>EUpper Bound</em>' containment reference.
* @see #getEUpperBound()
* @generated
*/
void setEUpperBound(EGenericType value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EType Arguments</b></em>' containment reference list.
* The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType}.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* These represent the template arguments applied to a classifier with type parameters, e.g., Map<T>.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EType Arguments</em>' containment reference list.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_ETypeArguments()
* @model containment="true"
* @generated
*/
EList<EGenericType> getETypeArguments();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>ERaw Type</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* This represents the erased or raw type of the generic type.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>ERaw Type</em>' reference.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_ERawType()
* @model required="true" transient="true" changeable="false" derived="true"
* @generated
*/
EClassifier getERawType();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>ELower Bound</b></em>' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* A generic type with a lower bound T, is equivalent to "? super T" in Java.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>ELower Bound</em>' containment reference.
* @see #setELowerBound(EGenericType)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_ELowerBound()
* @model containment="true"
* @generated
*/
EGenericType getELowerBound();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getELowerBound <em>ELower Bound</em>}' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>ELower Bound</em>' containment reference.
* @see #getELowerBound()
* @generated
*/
void setELowerBound(EGenericType value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EType Parameter</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* The represents a reference to a type parameter.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EType Parameter</em>' reference.
* @see #setETypeParameter(ETypeParameter)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_ETypeParameter()
* @model resolveProxies="false"
* @generated
*/
ETypeParameter getETypeParameter();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getETypeParameter <em>EType Parameter</em>}' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>EType Parameter</em>' reference.
* @see #getETypeParameter()
* @generated
*/
void setETypeParameter(ETypeParameter value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EClassifier</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* The represents a reference to a classifier.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EClassifier</em>' reference.
* @see #setEClassifier(EClassifier)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEGenericType_EClassifier()
* @model
* @generated
*/
EClassifier getEClassifier();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EGenericType#getEClassifier <em>EClassifier</em>}' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>EClassifier</em>' reference.
* @see #getEClassifier()
* @generated
*/
void setEClassifier(EClassifier value);
} // EGenericType