Composite.java

/**
 * Copyright 2011-2012 Universite Joseph Fourier, LIG, ADELE team
 *   Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 *   you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
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 *
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 *
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package fr.imag.adele.apam;

import java.util.Set;

public interface Composite extends Instance {

	/**
	 * Adds a new depend relationship toward "destination"
	 * 
	 * @param destination
	 */
	public void addDepend(Composite destination);

	/**
	 * return true if the instance is contained in the current one.
	 * 
	 * @param inst
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean containsInst(Instance inst);

	/**
	 * returns true if this composite depends on "destination"
	 * 
	 * @param destination
	 * @return
	 */
	public boolean dependsOn(Composite destination);

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the type of that composite
	 */
	public CompositeType getCompType();

	/**
	 * return all the instances contained in the current composite.
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public Set<Instance> getContainInsts();

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the existing depend relationships
	 */
	public Set<Composite> getDepend();

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the father composite i.e. the composite that contains this one.
	 */
	public Composite getFather();

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the composite that depend on this one.
	 */
	public Set<Composite> getInvDepend();

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the main implementation
	 */
	public Implementation getMainImpl();

	/**
	 * returns the main instance
	 * 
	 * @return
	 */
	public Instance getMainInst();

	/**
	 * returns the model of the specified manager
	 * 
	 */
	public ManagerModel getModel(ContextualManager manager);

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return all the models for that composite type
	 */
	public Set<ManagerModel> getModels();

	/**
	 * Overrides the instance method. Instead to return apfor.getserviceobject,
	 * return the main instance object
	 */
	@Override
	public Object getServiceObject();

	/**
	 * 
	 * @return the set of sons of this composite (i.e. the implementations it
	 *         contains that are composites.
	 */
	public Set<Composite> getSons();

}