UmlOperation.java

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package org.teiid.designer.core.metamodel.aspect.uml;

import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;


/**
 * UmlOperation - An operation is owned by a class and may be invoked in the context 
 * of objects that are instances of that class. It is a typed element and a multiplicity 
 * element.
 *
 * @since 8.0
 */
public interface UmlOperation extends UmlDiagramAspect {
    
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    public final static int SIGNATURE_NAME = 1;
    public final static int SIGNATURE_STEROTYPE = 2;
    public final static int SIGNATURE_RETURN = 4;
    public final static int SIGNATURE_PARAMETERS = 8;  
      
    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Class </b></em>' container 
     * reference - the class that owns the operation.
     * @param eObject
     * @return the value of the '<em>Class </em>' container reference.
     */
    EObject getOwnerClass(Object eObject);

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Owned Parameter</b></em>' containment 
     * reference list - the parameters to the operation.
     * @param eObject
     * @return the value of the '<em>Owned Parameter</em>' containment 
     * reference list.
     */
    List getOwnedParameters(Object eObject);

    /**
     * Return the list of exceptions that are declared as possible during an 
     * invocation of the operation.
     * @param eObject
     * @return the value of the exceptions 
     */
    List getRaisedExceptions(Object eObject);

    /**
     * Get the return result of the operation, if present.
     * @param eObject
     * @return the type
     */
    Object getType(Object eObject);
    
}