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// IBM Corporation - initial implementation
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package org.eclipse.epf.uma;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Constraint</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A Constraint is a Method Element that represents a condition or restriction expressed in natural language text or in a machine readable language for the purpose of declaring some of the semantics of a Method Element.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.epf.uma.Constraint#getBody <em>Body</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.epf.uma.UmaPackage#getConstraint()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface Constraint extends MethodElement {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Body</b></em>' attribute.
	 * The default value is <code>""</code>.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * This attribute stores the definition of the constraint.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setBody(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.epf.uma.UmaPackage#getConstraint_Body()
	 * @model default="" dataType="org.eclipse.epf.uma.String" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getBody();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.epf.uma.Constraint#getBody <em>Body</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getBody()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setBody(String value);

} // Constraint