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 * Copyright (C) 2007 Matthias Braeuer (braeuer.matthias@web.de).            *
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 * Dresden University Of Technology, Germany (http://st.inf.tu-dresden.de).  *
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package org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel;

import java.util.List;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '
 * <em><b>Association Property</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * <p>
 * A <code>Association</code> is a {@link Property} 
 * typed element that represents an bidirectional association to another type.
 * </p>
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.AssociationProperty#getInverseAssociationProperties <em>Inverse Association Properties</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getAssociationProperty()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface AssociationProperty extends Property {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Inverse Association Properties</b></em>'
	 * containment reference list. The list contents are of type
	 * {@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.AssociationProperty}. <!--
	 * begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Inverse Association Properties</em>' containment
	 * reference list isn't clear, there really should be more of a description
	 * here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Inverse Association Properties</em>'
	 *         containment reference list.
	 * @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getAssociationProperty_InverseAssociationProperties()
	 * @model containment="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	List<AssociationProperty> getInverseAssociationProperties();

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The operation addAssociation added a <code> NDirectionalAssociation</code>
	 * to the inverse association list.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	void addAssociation(AssociationProperty bProperty);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The operation removeAssociation removed a
	 * <code>NDirectionalAssociation</code> from the inverse association list.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @model propNameDataType="org.dresdenocl.datatypes.String"
	 * @generated
	 */
	AssociationProperty getAssociation(String propName);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The operation removeAssociation removed a
	 * <code>NDirectionalAssociation</code> from the inverse association list.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	void removeAssociation(AssociationProperty bProperty);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The operation isInverseAssociation ckecked a
	 * <code>NDirectionalAssociation</code> is in the inverse association list.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @model dataType="org.dresdenocl.datatypes.Boolean"
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean isInverseAssociation(AssociationProperty bProperty);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * The operation addAssociation added a <code>NDirectionalAssociation</code>
	 * to the inverse association list.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @model bPropertyMany="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	void addAssociations(List<AssociationProperty> bProperty);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model kind="operation" dataType="org.dresdenocl.datatypes.Boolean"
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean isNavigable();

} // AssociationProperty