/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2006, 2018 IBM Corporation, Zeligsoft Inc., and others.
 * All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html
 * 
 * Contributors:
 *   IBM - Initial API and implementation
 *   Zeligsoft - Bug 207365
 *******************************************************************************/
package org.eclipse.ocl.uml;

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

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property;
import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Type;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Message Type</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.ocl.uml.MessageType#getOwnedOperations <em>Owned Operation</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.ocl.uml.MessageType#getOwnedAttributes <em>Owned Attribute</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.ocl.uml.UMLPackage#getMessageType()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface MessageType
		extends Classifier,
		org.eclipse.ocl.types.MessageType<Classifier, Operation, Property> {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Owned Operation</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation}.
	 * <p>
	 * This feature subsets the following features:
	 * </p>
	 * <ul>
	 *   <li>'{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier#getFeatures() <em>Feature</em>}'</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Owned Operations</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 Operation</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.ocl.uml.UMLPackage#getMessageType_OwnedOperation()
	 * @model containment="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<Operation> getOwnedOperations();

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>', and '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Owned Operation</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ownedParameterNames The '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ownedParameterTypes The '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>', and '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getOwnedOperations()
	 * @generated
	 */
	Operation getOwnedOperation(String name, EList<String> ownedParameterNames,
			EList<Type> ownedParameterTypes);

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>', and '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Owned Operation</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ownedParameterNames The '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ownedParameterTypes The '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param ignoreCase Whether to ignore case in {@link java.lang.String} comparisons.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Operation} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', '<em><b>Owned Parameter Names</b></em>', and '<em><b>Owned Parameter Types</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getOwnedOperations()
	 * @generated
	 */
	Operation getOwnedOperation(String name, EList<String> ownedParameterNames,
			EList<Type> ownedParameterTypes, boolean ignoreCase);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Owned Attribute</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property}.
	 * <p>
	 * This feature subsets the following features:
	 * </p>
	 * <ul>
	 *   <li>'{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier#getAttributes() <em>Attribute</em>}'</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Owned Attributes</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 Attribute</em>' containment reference list.
	 * @see org.eclipse.ocl.uml.UMLPackage#getMessageType_OwnedAttribute()
	 * @model containment="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<Property> getOwnedAttributes();

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Owned Attribute</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param type The '<em><b>Type</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getOwnedAttributes()
	 * @generated
	 */
	Property getOwnedAttribute(String name, Type type);

	/**
	 * Retrieves the first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>' from the '<em><b>Owned Attribute</b></em>' containment reference list.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param type The '<em><b>Type</b></em>' of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} 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.Property} to retrieve, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The first {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property} with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>', or <code>null</code>.
	 * @see #getOwnedAttributes()
	 * @generated
	 */
	Property getOwnedAttribute(String name, Type type, boolean ignoreCase,
			EClass eClass);

} // MessageType