/**
 * Copyright (c) 2006, 2007 Borland Software Corporation.
 *  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:
 *      Richard Gronback (Borland) - initial API and implementation
 *
 * $Id: ThreadItem.java,v 1.6 2007/10/31 02:57:50 rgronback Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap;

import javax.xml.datatype.XMLGregorianCalendar;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Thread Item</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#getAuthor <em>Author</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#getBody <em>Body</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#getItemPostDate <em>Item Post Date</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.MindmapPackage#getThreadItem()
 * @model extendedMetaData="name='ThreadItem' kind='empty'"
 * @generated
 */
public interface ThreadItem extends EObject {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Author</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Author</em>' reference isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Author</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setAuthor(Resource)
	 * @see org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.MindmapPackage#getThreadItem_Author()
	 * @model extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='author'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Resource getAuthor();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#getAuthor <em>Author</em>}' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Author</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getAuthor()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setAuthor(Resource value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Body</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Body</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setBody(String)
	 * @see org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.MindmapPackage#getThreadItem_Body()
	 * @model unique="false" dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.String"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='body'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	String getBody();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#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);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Item Post Date</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Item Post Date</em>' attribute isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Item Post Date</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setItemPostDate(XMLGregorianCalendar)
	 * @see org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.MindmapPackage#getThreadItem_ItemPostDate()
	 * @model unique="false" dataType="org.eclipse.emf.ecore.xml.type.Date"
	 *        extendedMetaData="kind='attribute' name='itemPostDate'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	XMLGregorianCalendar getItemPostDate();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.gmf.examples.mindmap.ThreadItem#getItemPostDate <em>Item Post Date</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Item Post Date</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getItemPostDate()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setItemPostDate(XMLGregorianCalendar value);

} // ThreadItem