plugins/org.eclipse.uml2.uml/src/org/eclipse/uml2/uml/ConsiderIgnoreFragment.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
 * 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:
 *   IBM - initial API and implementation
 *
 * $Id: ConsiderIgnoreFragment.java,v 1.7 2007/06/12 12:53:19 khussey Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

import java.util.Map;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.DiagnosticChain;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Consider Ignore Fragment</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A consider ignore fragment is a kind of combined fragment that is used for the consider and ignore cases, which require lists of pertinent messages to be specified.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ConsiderIgnoreFragment#getMessages <em>Message</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getConsiderIgnoreFragment()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ConsiderIgnoreFragment
		extends CombinedFragment {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Message</b></em>' reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The set of messages that apply to this fragment
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Message</em>' reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getConsiderIgnoreFragment_Message()
	 * @model ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<NamedElement> getMessages();

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Message</b></em>' reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getMessages()
	 * @generated
	 */
	NamedElement getMessage(String name);

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Message</b></em>' reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ignoreCase Whether to ignore case in {@link java.lang.String} comparisons.
	 * @param eClass The Ecore class of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.NamedElement} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getMessages()
	 * @generated
	 */
	NamedElement getMessage(String name, boolean ignoreCase, EClass eClass);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The interaction operator of a ConsiderIgnoreFragment must be either 'consider' or 'ignore'.
	 * (interactionOperator = #consider) or (interactionOperator = #ignore)
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateConsiderOrIgnore(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The NamedElements must be of a type of element that identifies a message (e.g., an Operation, Reception, or a Signal).
	 * message->forAll(m | m.oclIsKindOf(Operation) or m.oclIsKindOf(Reception) or m.oclIsKindOf(Signal))
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateType(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // ConsiderIgnoreFragment