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* are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
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*
* Contributors:
* IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
*******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb;
import java.util.List;
import org.eclipse.jst.javaee.core.JavaEEObject;
/**
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* A representation of the model object '<em><b>Method Type</b></em>'.
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
*
* <!-- begin-model-doc -->
*
*
*
* The methodType is used to denote a method of an enterprise
* bean's business, home, component, and/or web service endpoint
* interface, or, in the case of a message-driven bean, the
* bean's message listener method, or a set of such
* methods. The ejb-name element must be the name of one of the
* enterprise beans declared in the deployment descriptor; the
* optional method-intf element allows to distinguish between a
* method with the same signature that is multiply defined
* across the business, home, component, and/or web service
* endpoint nterfaces; the method-name element specifies the
* method name; and the optional method-params elements identify
* a single method among multiple methods with an overloaded
* method name.
*
* There are three possible styles of using methodType element
* within a method element:
*
* 1.
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EJBNAME&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;*&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* This style is used to refer to all the methods of the
* specified enterprise bean's business, home, component,
* and/or web service endpoint interfaces.
*
* 2.
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EJBNAME&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;METHOD&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* This style is used to refer to the specified method of
* the specified enterprise bean. If there are multiple
* methods with the same overloaded name, the element of
* this style refers to all the methods with the overloaded
* name.
*
* 3.
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EJBNAME&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;METHOD&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;PARAM-1&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;PARAM-2&lt;/method-param&gt;
* ...
* &lt;method-param&gt;PARAM-n&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* This style is used to refer to a single method within a
* set of methods with an overloaded name. PARAM-1 through
* PARAM-n are the fully-qualified Java types of the
* method's input parameters (if the method has no input
* arguments, the method-params element contains no
* method-param elements). Arrays are specified by the
* array element's type, followed by one or more pair of
* square brackets (e.g. int[][]). If there are multiple
* methods with the same overloaded name, this style refers
* to all of the overloaded methods.
*
* Examples:
*
* Style 1: The following method element refers to all the
* methods of the EmployeeService bean's business, home,
* component, and/or web service endpoint interfaces:
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;*&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* Style 2: The following method element refers to all the
* create methods of the EmployeeService bean's home
* interface(s).
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;create&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* Style 3: The following method element refers to the
* create(String firstName, String LastName) method of the
* EmployeeService bean's home interface(s).
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;create&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* The following example illustrates a Style 3 element with
* more complex parameter types. The method
* foobar(char s, int i, int[] iar, mypackage.MyClass mycl,
* mypackage.MyClass[][] myclaar) would be specified as:
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;foobar&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;char&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;int&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;int[]&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;mypackage.MyClass&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;mypackage.MyClass[][]&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* The optional method-intf element can be used when it becomes
* necessary to differentiate between a method that is multiply
* defined across the enterprise bean's business, home, component,
* and/or web service endpoint interfaces with the same name and
* signature. However, if the same method is a method of both the
* local business interface, and the local component interface,
* the same attribute applies to the method for both interfaces.
* Likewise, if the same method is a method of both the remote
* business interface and the remote component interface, the same
* attribute applies to the method for both interfaces.
*
* For example, the method element
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-intf&gt;Remote&lt;/method-intf&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;create&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* can be used to differentiate the create(String, String)
* method defined in the remote interface from the
* create(String, String) method defined in the remote home
* interface, which would be defined as
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-intf&gt;Home&lt;/method-intf&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;create&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* and the create method that is defined in the local home
* interface which would be defined as
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-intf&gt;LocalHome&lt;/method-intf&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;create&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;method-params&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;method-param&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/method-param&gt;
* &lt;/method-params&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
* The method-intf element can be used with all three Styles
* of the method element usage. For example, the following
* method element example could be used to refer to all the
* methods of the EmployeeService bean's remote home interface
* and the remote business interface.
*
* &lt;method&gt;
* &lt;ejb-name&gt;EmployeeService&lt;/ejb-name&gt;
* &lt;method-intf&gt;Home&lt;/method-intf&gt;
* &lt;method-name&gt;*&lt;/method-name&gt;
* &lt;/method&gt;
*
*
*
* <!-- end-model-doc -->
*
* <p>
* The following features are supported:
* <ul>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getDescriptions <em>Descriptions</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getEjbName <em>Ejb Name</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodIntf <em>Method Intf</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodName <em>Method Name</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodParams <em>Method Params</em>}</li>
* <li>{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getId <em>Id</em>}</li>
* </ul>
* </p>
*
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType()
* @extends JavaEEObject
* @generated
*/
public interface MethodType extends JavaEEObject {
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Descriptions</b></em>' containment reference list.
* The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.core.Description}.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Descriptions</em>' containment reference list.
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_Descriptions()
* @generated
*/
List getDescriptions();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Ejb Name</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Ejb Name</em>' attribute isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Ejb Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #setEjbName(String)
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_EjbName()
* @generated
*/
String getEjbName();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getEjbName <em>Ejb Name</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Ejb Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #getEjbName()
* @generated
*/
void setEjbName(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Method Intf</b></em>' attribute.
* The default value is <code>"Home"</code>.
* The literals are from the enumeration {@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodInterfaceType}.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Method Intf</em>' attribute isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Method Intf</em>' attribute.
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodInterfaceType
* @see #isSetMethodIntf()
* @see #unsetMethodIntf()
* @see #setMethodIntf(MethodInterfaceType)
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_MethodIntf()
* @generated
*/
MethodInterfaceType getMethodIntf();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodIntf <em>Method Intf</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Method Intf</em>' attribute.
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodInterfaceType
* @see #isSetMethodIntf()
* @see #unsetMethodIntf()
* @see #getMethodIntf()
* @generated
*/
void setMethodIntf(MethodInterfaceType value);
/**
* Unsets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodIntf <em>Method Intf</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @see #isSetMethodIntf()
* @see #getMethodIntf()
* @see #setMethodIntf(MethodInterfaceType)
* @generated
*/
void unsetMethodIntf();
/**
* Returns whether the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodIntf <em>Method Intf</em>}' attribute is set.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return whether the value of the '<em>Method Intf</em>' attribute is set.
* @see #unsetMethodIntf()
* @see #getMethodIntf()
* @see #setMethodIntf(MethodInterfaceType)
* @generated
*/
boolean isSetMethodIntf();
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Method Name</b></em>' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Method Name</em>' attribute isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Method Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #setMethodName(String)
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_MethodName()
* @generated
*/
String getMethodName();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodName <em>Method Name</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Method Name</em>' attribute.
* @see #getMethodName()
* @generated
*/
void setMethodName(String value);
/**
* Returns the value of the '<em><b>Method Params</b></em>' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <p>
* If the meaning of the '<em>Method Params</em>' containment reference isn't clear,
* there really should be more of a description here...
* </p>
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @return the value of the '<em>Method Params</em>' containment reference.
* @see #setMethodParams(MethodParams)
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_MethodParams()
* @generated
*/
MethodParams getMethodParams();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getMethodParams <em>Method Params</em>}' containment reference.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Method Params</em>' containment reference.
* @see #getMethodParams()
* @generated
*/
void setMethodParams(MethodParams value);
/**
* 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 #setId(String)
* @see org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.internal.metadata.EjbPackage#getMethodType_Id()
* @generated
*/
String getId();
/**
* Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.jst.javaee.ejb.MethodType#getId <em>Id</em>}' attribute.
* <!-- begin-user-doc -->
* <!-- end-user-doc -->
* @param value the new value of the '<em>Id</em>' attribute.
* @see #getId()
* @generated
*/
void setId(String value);
} // MethodType