/**
 * <copyright>
 * </copyright>
 *
 * $Id$
 */
package com.openMap1.mapper;

import java.util.Map;
import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticChain;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Conversion Argument</b></em>'.
 * 
 * A property conversion function may have one or more arguments.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link com.openMap1.mapper.ConversionArgument#getPropertyName <em>Property Name</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see com.openMap1.mapper.MapperPackage#getConversionArgument()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ConversionArgument extends EObject {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Property Name</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The name of the property (for 'out' conversions) or pseudo-property
	 * (for 'in' conversions) used an an argument for the function
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Property Name</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setPropertyName(String)
	 * @see com.openMap1.mapper.MapperPackage#getConversionArgument_PropertyName()
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getPropertyName();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link com.openMap1.mapper.ConversionArgument#getPropertyName <em>Property Name</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Property Name</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getPropertyName()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setPropertyName(String value);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * Validation check (if this is an 'out'conversion) that the property is 
	 * a property of the class in the class model
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model diagnosticsDataType="com.openMap1.mapper.DiagnosticChain" contextDataType="com.openMap1.mapper.Map<?, ?>"
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean classHasProperty(DiagnosticChain diagnostics, Map<?, ?> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * Validation (for  'in' conversions) that a property mapping
	 * exists to provide the pseudo-property value.
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model diagnosticsDataType="com.openMap1.mapper.DiagnosticChain" contextDataType="com.openMap1.mapper.Map<?, ?>"
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean propertyMappingExists(DiagnosticChain diagnostics, Map<?, ?> context);

} // ConversionArgument