plugins/org.eclipse.uml2.uml/src/org/eclipse/uml2/uml/CallEvent.java

/*
 * Copyright (c) 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: CallEvent.java,v 1.1 2005/11/14 22:25:57 khussey Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Call Event</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A call event represents the reception of a request to invoke a specific operation. A call event is distinct from the call action that caused it. A call event may cause the invocation of a behavior that is the method of the operation referenced by the call request, if that operation is owned or inherited by the classifier that specified the receiver object.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.CallEvent#getOperation <em>Operation</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getCallEvent()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface CallEvent
		extends MessageEvent {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Operation</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Designates the operation whose invocation raised the call event.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Operation</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setOperation(Operation)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getCallEvent_Operation()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Operation getOperation();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.CallEvent#getOperation <em>Operation</em>}' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Operation</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getOperation()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setOperation(Operation value);

} // CallEvent