/*******************************************************************************
 * Copyright (c) 2009, 2018 SAP AG 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:
 *     SAP AG - initial API and implementation
 ******************************************************************************
 */
package data.classes;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Signature Implementation</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A signature can be implemented by a block (this would be a "method" in the classical sense) or, e.g., by an association navigation or by a link set manipulation statement.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link data.classes.SignatureImplementation#getImplements_ <em>Implements </em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see data.classes.ClassesPackage#getSignatureImplementation()
 * @model abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface SignatureImplementation extends EObject {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Implements </b></em>' container reference.
	 * It is bidirectional and its opposite is '{@link data.classes.MethodSignature#getImplementation <em>Implementation</em>}'.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Implements </em>' container reference isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Implements </em>' container reference.
	 * @see #setImplements_(MethodSignature)
	 * @see data.classes.ClassesPackage#getSignatureImplementation_Implements_()
	 * @see data.classes.MethodSignature#getImplementation
	 * @model opposite="implementation"
	 * @generated
	 */
	MethodSignature getImplements_();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link data.classes.SignatureImplementation#getImplements_ <em>Implements </em>}' container reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Implements </em>' container reference.
	 * @see #getImplements_()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setImplements_(MethodSignature value);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * A block implements either a FunctionSignature or a MethodSignature. Two different associations connect the Block with the respective Signature subclasses. This operation is a convenience that chooses the one or the other, depending on which one is filled.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model kind="operation" unique="false" required="true" ordered="false"
	 *        annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore/OCL body='if self.oclIsKindOf(FunctionSignatureImplementation) then\n    if self.oclAsType(FunctionSignatureImplementation).functionSignature->notEmpty() then\n      self.oclAsType(FunctionSignatureImplementation).functionSignature\n    else\n      self.implements_\n    endif\n  else\n    self.implements_\n  endif'"
	 *        annotation="http://www.eclipse.org/emf/2002/Ecore constraints='body'"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Signature getImplementedSignature();

} // SignatureImplementation