/*
 * Copyright (c) 2003, 2005 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: SendObjectAction.java,v 1.9 2005/11/09 22:53:09 khussey Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Send Object Action</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * SendObjectAction is an action that transmits an object to the target object, where it may invoke behavior such as the firing of state machine transitions or the execution of an activity. The value of the object is available to the execution of invoked behaviors. The requestor continues execution immediately. Any reply message is ignored and is not transmitted to the requestor. 
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.SendObjectAction#getTarget <em>Target</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.SendObjectAction#getRequest <em>Request</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.UML2Package#getSendObjectAction()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface SendObjectAction extends InvocationAction{
	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @generated
	 */
	String copyright = "Copyright (c) IBM Corporation and others."; //$NON-NLS-1$

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Target</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Target</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>Target</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setTarget(InputPin)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.UML2Package#getSendObjectAction_Target()
	 * @model containment="true" required="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	InputPin getTarget();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.SendObjectAction#getTarget <em>Target</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Target</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getTarget()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setTarget(InputPin value);


	/**
	 * Creates a {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} and sets the '<em><b>Target</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param eClass The Ecore class of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} to create.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getTarget()
	 * @generated
	 */
    InputPin createTarget(EClass eClass);

	/**
	 * Creates a {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} and sets the '<em><b>Target</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getTarget()
	 * @generated
	 */
    InputPin createTarget();

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Request</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Request</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>Request</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setRequest(InputPin)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.UML2Package#getSendObjectAction_Request()
	 * @model containment="true" required="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	InputPin getRequest();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.SendObjectAction#getRequest <em>Request</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Request</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getRequest()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setRequest(InputPin value);


	/**
	 * Creates a {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} and sets the '<em><b>Request</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param eClass The Ecore class of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} to create.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getRequest()
	 * @generated
	 */
    InputPin createRequest(EClass eClass);

	/**
	 * Creates a {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin} and sets the '<em><b>Request</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getRequest()
	 * @generated
	 */
    InputPin createRequest();

} // SendObjectAction