/**
* <copyright>
* </copyright>
*
* $Id$
*/
package net.opengis.cat.csw20;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A representation of the model object '<em><b>Distributed Search Type</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* Governs the behaviour of a distributed search.
* hopCount - the maximum number of message hops before
* the search is terminated. Each catalogue node
* decrements this value when the request is received,
* and must not forward the request if hopCount=0.
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link net.opengis.cat.csw20.DistributedSearchType#getHopCount <em>Hop Count</em>}</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @see net.opengis.cat.csw20.Csw20Package#getDistributedSearchType()
* @model extendedMetaData="name='DistributedSearchType' kind='empty'"
* @generated
*/
public interface DistributedSearchType extends EObject {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Hop Count</b></em>' attribute.
* The default value is <code>"2"</code>.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Hop Count</em>' attribute isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Hop Count</em>' attribute.
* @see #setHopCount(Integer)
* @see net.opengis.cat.csw20.Csw20Package#getDistributedSearchType_HopCount()
* @model default="2"
* @generated
*/
Integer getHopCount();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link net.opengis.cat.csw20.DistributedSearchType#getHopCount <em>Hop Count</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Hop Count</em>' attribute.
* @see #getHopCount()
* @generated
*/
void setHopCount(Integer value);
} // DistributedSearchType