/**
* Copyright (c) 2002-2010 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>EReference</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* </p>
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#isContainment <em>Containment</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#isContainer <em>Container</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#isResolveProxies <em>Resolve Proxies</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#getEOpposite <em>EOpposite</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#getEReferenceType <em>EReference Type</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#getEKeys <em>EKeys</em>}</li>
* </ul>
*
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference()
* @model annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore constraints='ConsistentOpposite SingleContainer ConsistentKeys ConsistentUnique ConsistentContainer'"
* @generated
*/
public interface EReference extends EStructuralFeature
{
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Containment</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A reference is a containment if it represents by-value content.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Containment</em>' attribute.
* @see #setContainment(boolean)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_Containment()
* @model
* @generated
*/
boolean isContainment();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#isContainment <em>Containment</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Containment</em>' attribute.
* @see #isContainment()
* @generated
*/
void setContainment(boolean value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Container</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* A reference is a container if it has an {@link #getEOpposite opposite} that is a {@link #isContainment containment}.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Container</em>' attribute.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_Container()
* @model transient="true" changeable="false" volatile="true" derived="true"
* @generated
*/
boolean isContainer();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Resolve Proxies</b></em>' attribute.
* The default value is <code>"true"</code>.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* It represents whether {@link EObject#eIsProxy proxies} will be automatically resolved.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Resolve Proxies</em>' attribute.
* @see #setResolveProxies(boolean)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_ResolveProxies()
* @model default="true"
* @generated
*/
boolean isResolveProxies();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#isResolveProxies <em>Resolve Proxies</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Resolve Proxies</em>' attribute.
* @see #isResolveProxies()
* @generated
*/
void setResolveProxies(boolean value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EOpposite</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* It represent the other end of a bidirectional relation.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EOpposite</em>' reference.
* @see #setEOpposite(EReference)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_EOpposite()
* @model
* @generated
*/
EReference getEOpposite();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference#getEOpposite <em>EOpposite</em>}' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>EOpposite</em>' reference.
* @see #getEOpposite()
* @generated
*/
void setEOpposite(EReference value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EReference Type</b></em>' reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* The {@link #getEType() type} of a reference must always be a class; this method provides access to it.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EReference Type</em>' reference.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_EReferenceType()
* @model required="true" transient="true" changeable="false" volatile="true" derived="true"
* @generated
*/
EClass getEReferenceType();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EKeys</b></em>' reference list.
* The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EAttribute}.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* This represents a subset of the attributes on the referenced type that uniquely identify an instance within this reference.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EKeys</em>' reference list.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEReference_EKeys()
* @model
* @generated
*/
EList<EAttribute> getEKeys();
}