/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2010 BMW Car IT, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, and others.
 * All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 * BMW Car IT - Initial API and implementation
 * Technische Universitaet Muenchen - Major refactoring and extension
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.emf.edapt.spi.history;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Model Reference</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * Reference to the metamodel
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 * <li>{@link org.eclipse.emf.edapt.spi.history.ModelReference#getElement <em>Element</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.emf.edapt.spi.history.HistoryPackage#getModelReference()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ModelReference extends EObject {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Element</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Element</em>' reference isn't clear, there really should be more of a description
	 * here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Element of the metamodel which is referenced
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 *
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Element</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setElement(EObject)
	 * @see org.eclipse.emf.edapt.spi.history.HistoryPackage#getModelReference_Element()
	 * @model required="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EObject getElement();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.emf.edapt.spi.history.ModelReference#getElement <em>Element</em>}'
	 * reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 *
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Element</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getElement()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setElement(EObject value);

} // ModelReference