/**
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2009-2010 Thales Corporate Services S.A.S.
 * 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:
 * Thales Corporate Services S.A.S - initial API and implementation
 * 
 */
package org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Model Element</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.ModelElement#getID <em>ID</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.ModelElement#getDescription <em>Description</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.FcorePackage#getModelElement()
 * @model abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface ModelElement extends EObject {

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>ID</b></em>' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>ID</em>' attribute isn't clear,
     * there really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return the value of the '<em>ID</em>' attribute.
     * @see #isSetID()
     * @see org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.FcorePackage#getModelElement_ID()
     * @model unsettable="true" transient="true" changeable="false" volatile="true" derived="true"
     * @generated
     */
    String getID();

    /**
     * Returns whether the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.ModelElement#getID <em>ID</em>}' attribute is set.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return whether the value of the '<em>ID</em>' attribute is set.
     * @see #getID()
     * @generated
     */
    boolean isSetID();

    /**
     * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Description</b></em>' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <p>
     * If the meaning of the '<em>Description</em>' attribute isn't clear, there
     * really should be more of a description here...
     * </p>
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @return the value of the '<em>Description</em>' attribute.
     * @see #setDescription(String)
     * @see org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.FcorePackage#getModelElement_Description()
     * @model
     * @generated
     */
    String getDescription();

    /**
     * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.egf.model.fcore.ModelElement#getDescription <em>Description</em>}' attribute.
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @param value the new value of the '<em>Description</em>' attribute.
     * @see #getDescription()
     * @generated
     */
    void setDescription(String value);

    /**
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @model kind="operation" many="false"
     * @generated
     */
    EList<Activity> getActivities();

    /**
     * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
     * <!-- end-user-doc -->
     * @model kind="operation" many="false"
     * @generated
     */
    EList<Resource> getResources();

} // ModelElement