/**
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* Copyright (C) 2007 Matthias Braeuer (braeuer.matthias@web.de). *
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* This work was done as a project at the Chair for Software Technology, *
* Dresden University Of Technology, Germany (http://st.inf.tu-dresden.de). *
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package org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '
* <em><b>Expression</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* An <code>Expression</code> contains a language-
* specific text string used to describe a value or values, and
* an optional specification of the language. One predefined
* language for specifying expressions is OCL. Natural
* language or programming languages may also be
* used.
* Contrary to the UML specification, the Pivot Model only
* permits one body string for each expression. This is
* because the Pivot Model has been designed with an OCL
* integration in mind.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getBody <em>Body</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getLanguage <em>Language</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getConstraint <em>Constraint</em>}</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getExpression()
* @model
* @generated
*/
public interface Expression extends EObject {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Body</b></em>' attribute. <!--
* begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* This is the uninterpreted text of the expression.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* @return the value of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute.
* @see #setBody(String)
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getExpression_Body()
* @model dataType="org.dresdenocl.datatypes.String"
* @generated
*/
String getBody();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getBody <em>Body</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute.
* @see #getBody()
* @generated
*/
void setBody(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Language</b></em>' attribute. <!--
* begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* The language the expression is written in.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* @return the value of the '<em>Language</em>' attribute.
* @see #setLanguage(String)
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getExpression_Language()
* @model dataType="org.dresdenocl.datatypes.String"
* @generated
*/
String getLanguage();
/**
* Sets the value of the '
* {@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getLanguage
* <em>Language</em>}' attribute. <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc
* -->
*
* @param value
* the new value of the '<em>Language</em>' attribute.
* @see #getLanguage()
* @generated
*/
void setLanguage(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Constraint</b></em>' container reference.
* It is bidirectional and its opposite is '{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Constraint#getSpecification <em>Specification</em>}'.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Constraint</em>' container reference isn't
* clear, there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Constraint</em>' container reference.
* @see #setConstraint(Constraint)
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getExpression_Constraint()
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Constraint#getSpecification
* @model opposite="specification"
* @generated
*/
Constraint getConstraint();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Expression#getConstraint <em>Constraint</em>}' container reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!--
* end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Constraint</em>' container reference.
* @see #getConstraint()
* @generated
*/
void setConstraint(Constraint value);
} // Expression