plugins/org.eclipse.ocl.uml/src/org/eclipse/ocl/uml/options/UMLParsingOptions.java

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package org.eclipse.ocl.uml.options;

import org.eclipse.ocl.options.ClassOption;
import org.eclipse.ocl.options.Customizable;
import org.eclipse.ocl.options.Option;
import org.eclipse.ocl.uml.UMLEnvironment;
import org.eclipse.ocl.uml.util.OCLUMLUtil;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Association;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.AssociationClass;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Extension;


/**
 * Options applicable to the {@link UMLEnvironment} to
 * {@linkplain Customizable customize} its parsing behaviour.
 * 
 * @author Christian W. Damus (cdamus)
 * 
 * @since 1.2
 */
public class UMLParsingOptions {

    /**
     * Option determining which UML metaclass to consider as the OCL notion of
     * <tt>Association Class</tt>.  The default is the UML {@link AssociationClass}
     * metaclass for a strict interpretation, as the OCL Specification is not
     * aware of the fact that all UML associations are classifiers.  The
     * other logical choice is {@link Association}, which encompasses all
     * associations (including association-classes proper) and even metaclass
     * {@link Extension}s in profiles.
     * 
     * @since 1.2
     */
    public static final Option<java.lang.Class<? extends Association>> ASSOCIATION_CLASS_TYPE =
    		new ClassOption<Association>(OCLUMLUtil.PLUGIN_ID, "association.class.type", AssociationClass.class, Association.class); //$NON-NLS-1$

    /**
     * Not instantiable by clients.
     */
    private UMLParsingOptions() {
        super();
    }

}