org.eclipse.bpmn/src/org/eclipse/bpmn/Association.java

/**
 *  Copyright (c) 2000-2009, Intalio Inc.
 *  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:
 *     Intalio Inc. - initial API and implementation
 *
 */
package org.eclipse.bpmn;

import javax.xml.namespace.QName;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Association</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getAssociationDirection <em>Association Direction</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getSourceRef <em>Source Ref</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getTargetRef <em>Target Ref</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.BpmnPackage#getAssociation()
 * @model extendedMetaData="name='tAssociation' kind='elementOnly'"
 * @generated
 */
public interface Association extends Artifact {
    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Association Direction</b></em>' attribute.
     * The default value is <code>"none"</code>.
     * The literals are from the enumeration {@link org.eclipse.bpmn.AssociationDirection}.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>Association Direction</em>' attribute isn't clear,
     * there really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return the value of the '<em>Association Direction</em>' attribute.
     * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.AssociationDirection
     * @see #isSetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #unsetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #setAssociationDirection(AssociationDirection)
     * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.BpmnPackage#getAssociation_AssociationDirection()
     * @model default="none" unsettable="true"
     *        extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='associationDirection'"
     * @generated
     */
    AssociationDirection getAssociationDirection();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getAssociationDirection <em>Association Direction</em>}' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @param value the new value of the '<em>Association Direction</em>' attribute.
     * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.AssociationDirection
     * @see #isSetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #unsetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #getAssociationDirection()
     * @generated
     */
    void setAssociationDirection(AssociationDirection value);

    /**
     * Unsets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getAssociationDirection <em>Association Direction</em>}' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @see #isSetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #getAssociationDirection()
     * @see #setAssociationDirection(AssociationDirection)
     * @generated
     */
    void unsetAssociationDirection();

    /**
     * Returns whether the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getAssociationDirection <em>Association Direction</em>}' attribute is set.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return whether the value of the '<em>Association Direction</em>' attribute is set.
     * @see #unsetAssociationDirection()
     * @see #getAssociationDirection()
     * @see #setAssociationDirection(AssociationDirection)
     * @generated
     */
    boolean isSetAssociationDirection();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Source Ref</b></em>' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>Source Ref</em>' attribute isn't clear,
     * there really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return the value of the '<em>Source Ref</em>' attribute.
     * @see #setSourceRef(QName)
     * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.BpmnPackage#getAssociation_SourceRef()
     * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.QName" required="true"
     *        extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='sourceRef'"
     * @generated
     */
    QName getSourceRef();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getSourceRef <em>Source Ref</em>}' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @param value the new value of the '<em>Source Ref</em>' attribute.
     * @see #getSourceRef()
     * @generated
     */
    void setSourceRef(QName value);

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Target Ref</b></em>' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>Target Ref</em>' attribute isn't clear,
     * there really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return the value of the '<em>Target Ref</em>' attribute.
     * @see #setTargetRef(QName)
     * @see org.eclipse.bpmn.BpmnPackage#getAssociation_TargetRef()
     * @model dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.QName" required="true"
     *        extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='targetRef'"
     * @generated
     */
    QName getTargetRef();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.bpmn.Association#getTargetRef <em>Target Ref</em>}' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @param value the new value of the '<em>Target Ref</em>' attribute.
     * @see #getTargetRef()
     * @generated
     */
    void setTargetRef(QName value);

} // Association