/**
 * <copyright>
 * 
 * Copyright (c) 2007, 2008 E.D.Willink 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:
 * E.D.Willink - initial API and implementation
 * 
 * </copyright>
 *
 * $Id: Element.java,v 1.2 2008/09/21 12:30:24 ewillink Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF;

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

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Element</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Element#getOwnedComment <em>Owned Comment</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.EMOFPackage#getElement()
 * @model abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface Element extends org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Object {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Owned Comment</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Comment}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Owned Comment</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>Owned Comment</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.EMOFPackage#getElement_OwnedComment()
	 * @model containment="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<Comment> getOwnedComment();

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Returns the owner association inherited from Element
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	Element container();

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Boolean"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean equals(org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Object object);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Object get(Property property);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model kind="operation"
	 * @generated
	 */
	org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Class getMetaClass();

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Boolean"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Boolean isSet(Property property);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	void set(Property property, org.eclipse.qvt.declarative.emof.EMOF.Object object);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	void unset(Property property);

} // Element