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// All rights reserved. This program and the accompanying materials
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//
// Contributors:
// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.uma;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A representation of the model object '<em><b>Descriptor</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
* A Descriptor is an abstract generalization for special Breakdown Elements that references one concrete Content Element. A descriptor provides a representation of a Content Element within breakdown structures. In addition to just referencing Content Elements it allows overriding the Content Elements structural relationships by defining its own sets of associations.
* Descriptors are the key concept for realizing the separation of processes from method content. A Descriptor can be characterized as a reference object for one particular Content Element, which has its own relationships and properties. When a Descriptor is created it shall be provided with congruent copies of the relationships defined for the referenced content element. However, a user can modify these relationships for the particular process situation for which the descriptor has been created.
*
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.epf.uma.Descriptor#getIsSynchronizedWithSource <em>Is Synchronized With Source</em>}</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @see org.eclipse.epf.uma.UmaPackage#getDescriptor()
* @model abstract="true"
* @generated
*/
public interface Descriptor extends BreakdownElement {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Is Synchronized With Source</b></em>' attribute.
* The default value is <code>"true"</code>.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Is Synchronized With Source</em>' attribute isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Is Synchronized With Source</em>' attribute.
* @see #setIsSynchronizedWithSource(Boolean)
* @see org.eclipse.epf.uma.UmaPackage#getDescriptor_IsSynchronizedWithSource()
* @model default="true" dataType="org.eclipse.epf.uma.Boolean" required="true" ordered="false"
* @generated
*/
Boolean getIsSynchronizedWithSource();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.epf.uma.Descriptor#getIsSynchronizedWithSource <em>Is Synchronized With Source</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Is Synchronized With Source</em>' attribute.
* @see #getIsSynchronizedWithSource()
* @generated
*/
void setIsSynchronizedWithSource(Boolean value);
} // Descriptor