plugins/org.eclipse.epf.library.edit/src/org/eclipse/epf/library/edit/IConfigurationApplicator.java

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

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EAttribute;
import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference;
import org.eclipse.epf.uma.ecore.util.OppositeFeature;

import com.ibm.uma.ContentDescription;
import com.ibm.uma.MethodConfiguration;
import com.ibm.uma.MethodElement;
import com.ibm.uma.VariabilityElement;

/**
 * @author Phong Nguyen Le
 * @author Shilpa Toraskar
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface IConfigurationApplicator {

	/**
	 * Gets the attribute value of the given VariabilityElement <code>ve</code>
	 * calculated based on the given MethodConfiguration <code>config</code>
	 * 
	 * @param ve
	 * @param attribute
	 * @param config
	 * @return the calculated attribute value
	 */
	Object getAttribute(VariabilityElement ve, EAttribute attribute,
			MethodConfiguration config);

	/**
	 * Gets the reference value of the given VariabilityElement <code>ve</code>
	 * calculated based on the given MethodConfiguration <code>config</code>
	 * 
	 * @param ve
	 * @param ref
	 * @param config
	 * @return the calculated reference value
	 */
	Object getReference(VariabilityElement ve, EReference ref,
			MethodConfiguration config);

	/**
	 * Gets the reference value of the given ContentDescription <code>ve</code>
	 * calculated based on the given MethodConfiguration <code>config</code>
	 * 
	 * @param desc
	 * @param ref
	 * @param config
	 * @return the calculated reference value
	 */
	Object getReference(ContentDescription desc, MethodElement owner, EReference ref,
			MethodConfiguration config);

	
	/**
	 * Get references for opposite feature for the method element
	 * @param element
	 * @param feature
	 * @param config
	 * @return
	 */
	public Object getReference(MethodElement element,
			OppositeFeature feature, MethodConfiguration config);
	
	
	/**
	 * Resolves the given object using the given configuration
	 * 
	 * @param object
	 * @param config
	 * @return
	 */
	Object resolve(Object object, MethodConfiguration config);
}