/**
* 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>EClassifier</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* </p>
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceClassName <em>Instance Class Name</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceClass <em>Instance Class</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getDefaultValue <em>Default Value</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceTypeName <em>Instance Type Name</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getEPackage <em>EPackage</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getETypeParameters <em>EType Parameters</em>}</li>
* </ul>
*
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier()
* @model abstract="true"
* annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore constraints='WellFormedInstanceTypeName UniqueTypeParameterNames'"
* @generated
*/
public interface EClassifier extends ENamedElement
{
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Instance Class Name</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* It represents the name of the Java instance class that this meta object represents.
* </p>
* @see #getInstanceClass()
* @ignore
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Instance Class Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #setInstanceClassName(String)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_InstanceClassName()
* @model unsettable="true" volatile="true" suppressedIsSetVisibility="true" suppressedUnsetVisibility="true"
* @generated
*/
String getInstanceClassName();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceClassName <em>Instance Class Name</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Instance Class Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #getInstanceClassName()
* @generated
*/
void setInstanceClassName(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Instance Class</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* It represents the actual Java instance class that this meta object represents.
* </p>
* @see #setInstanceClass(Class)
* @ignore
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Instance Class</em>' attribute.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_InstanceClass()
* @model transient="true" changeable="false" volatile="true" derived="true"
* @generated
*/
Class<?> getInstanceClass();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceClass <em>Instance Class</em>}' attribute.
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Instance Class</em>' attribute.
* @see #getInstanceClass()
*/
void setInstanceClass(Class<?> value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Default Value</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* The default value for the type, in the Java sense.
* For primitive types, it will be the Java primitive default wrapped appropriately.
* For {@link EEnum enums}, it will be the first enumerator.
* And for all other types derived from <code>java.lang.Object</code>, it will be null.
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Default Value</em>' attribute.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_DefaultValue()
* @model transient="true" changeable="false" volatile="true" derived="true"
* @generated
*/
Object getDefaultValue();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Instance Type Name</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* It represents the parameterized Java type that this meta object represents.
* </p>
* @since 2.3
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Instance Type Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #setInstanceTypeName(String)
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_InstanceTypeName()
* @model unsettable="true" volatile="true" suppressedIsSetVisibility="true" suppressedUnsetVisibility="true"
* @generated
*/
String getInstanceTypeName();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClassifier#getInstanceTypeName <em>Instance Type Name</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Instance Type Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #getInstanceTypeName()
* @generated
*/
void setInstanceTypeName(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EPackage</b></em>' container reference.
* It is bidirectional and its opposite is '{@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage#getEClassifiers <em>EClassifiers</em>}'.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EPackage</em>' container reference.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_EPackage()
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EPackage#getEClassifiers
* @model opposite="eClassifiers" changeable="false"
* @generated
*/
EPackage getEPackage();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>EType Parameters</b></em>' containment reference list.
* The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.emf.ecore.ETypeParameter}.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* A classifier can optionally introduce type parameters.
* </p>
* @since 2.3
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>EType Parameters</em>' containment reference list.
* @see org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EcorePackage#getEClassifier_ETypeParameters()
* @model containment="true" resolveProxies="true"
* @generated
*/
EList<ETypeParameter> getETypeParameters();
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* Returns whether the object is an instance of this classifier.
* @param object the object in question.
* @return whether the object is an instance.
* @see Class#isInstance
* @ignore
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @model
* @generated
*/
boolean isInstance(Object object);
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* Returns the ID relative to the {@link #getEPackage containing} package.
* @return the relative ID.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @model kind="operation"
* @generated
*/
int getClassifierID();
}