/**
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* Copyright (C) 2007 Matthias Braeuer (braeuer.matthias@web.de). *
* All rights reserved. *
* *
* This work was done as a project at the Chair for Software Technology, *
* Dresden University Of Technology, Germany (http://st.inf.tu-dresden.de). *
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*/
package org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel;
import rtt.annotations.Parser.Node;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '
* <em><b>Property</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* A <code>Property</code> is a {@link TypedElement}
* typed element that represents an attribute of a {@link
* Type} or an association to another type.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Property#getOwningType <em>Owning Type</em>}</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getProperty()
* @model
* @generated
*/
@Node
public interface Property extends Feature, TypedElement, NamedElement,
ConstrainableElement {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Owning Type</b></em>' container reference.
* It is bidirectional and its opposite is '{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Type#getOwnedProperty <em>Owned Property</em>}'.
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc -->
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* Specifies the owner of this <code>Property</code>.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Owning Type</em>' container reference.
* @see #setOwningType(Type)
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.PivotModelPackage#getProperty_OwningType()
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Type#getOwnedProperty
* @model opposite="ownedProperty"
* @generated
*/
Type getOwningType();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.Property#getOwningType <em>Owning Type</em>}' container reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!--
* end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Owning Type</em>' container reference.
* @see #getOwningType()
* @generated
*/
void setOwningType(Type value);
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* If the <code>Property</code> is an part of unique identifier of the owning
* type th return value is true The default value is false.
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* @model kind="operation" required="true"
* @generated
*/
boolean isIdentifier();
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!-- end-user-doc --> <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* <p>
* The operation cmpSlots returns true if the compared property has identical
* name and type.
*
* It is specified as follows:
*
* <pre>
* context Parameter::cmpSlots(p : Property): Boolean =
* p.name = self.name and p.type = self.type
* </pre>
*
* </p>
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* @generated
*/
boolean cmpSlots(Property p);
/**
* Redefines {@link NamedElement#clone()} with a covariant return type.
*
* @see org.dresdenocl.pivotmodel.NamedElement#clone()
*/
@Override
Property clone();
} // Property