/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2015 IBM Corporation, CEA, 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
 *   Kenn Hussey (CEA) - 327039, 418466, 451350
 *   Christian W. Damus (CEA) - 251963
 *
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

import java.util.Map;

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

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Structural Feature Action</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * StructuralFeatureAction is an abstract class for all Actions that operate on StructuralFeatures.
 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.StructuralFeatureAction#getObject <em>Object</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.StructuralFeatureAction#getStructuralFeature <em>Structural Feature</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getStructuralFeatureAction()
 * @model abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface StructuralFeatureAction
		extends Action {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Structural Feature</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The StructuralFeature to be read or written.
	 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Structural Feature</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setStructuralFeature(StructuralFeature)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getStructuralFeatureAction_StructuralFeature()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	StructuralFeature getStructuralFeature();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.StructuralFeatureAction#getStructuralFeature <em>Structural Feature</em>}' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Structural Feature</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getStructuralFeature()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setStructuralFeature(StructuralFeature value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Object</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <p>
	 * This feature subsets the following features:
	 * </p>
	 * <ul>
	 *   <li>'{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Action#getInputs() <em>Input</em>}'</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The InputPin from which the object whose StructuralFeature is to be read or written is obtained.
	 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Object</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setObject(InputPin)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getStructuralFeatureAction_Object()
	 * @model containment="true" resolveProxies="true" required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	InputPin getObject();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.StructuralFeatureAction#getObject <em>Object</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Object</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getObject()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setObject(InputPin value);

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}, with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>', and sets the '<em><b>Object</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param type The '<em><b>Type</b></em>' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param eClass The Ecore class of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin} to create.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getObject()
	 * @generated
	 */
	InputPin createObject(String name, Type type, EClass eClass);

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin},with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>', and sets the '<em><b>Object</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param name The '<em><b>Name</b></em>' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param type The '<em><b>Type</b></em>' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.InputPin}.
	 * @see #getObject()
	 * @generated
	 */
	InputPin createObject(String name, Type type);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The structuralFeature must not be static.
	 * not structuralFeature.isStatic
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateNotStatic(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The multiplicity of the object InputPin must be 1..1.
	 * object.is(1,1)
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateMultiplicity(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The structuralFeature must either be an owned or inherited feature of the type of the object InputPin, or it must be an owned end of a binary Association whose opposite end had as a type to which the type of the object InputPin conforms.
	 * object.type.oclAsType(Classifier).allFeatures()->includes(structuralFeature) or
	 * 	object.type.conformsTo(structuralFeature.oclAsType(Property).opposite.type)
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateObjectType(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The visibility of the structuralFeature must allow access from the object performing the ReadStructuralFeatureAction.
	 * structuralFeature.visibility = VisibilityKind::public or
	 * _'context'.allFeatures()->includes(structuralFeature) or
	 * structuralFeature.visibility=VisibilityKind::protected and
	 * _'context'.conformsTo(structuralFeature.oclAsType(Property).opposite.type.oclAsType(Classifier))
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateVisibility(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The structuralFeature must have exactly one featuringClassifier.
	 * structuralFeature.featuringClassifier->size() = 1
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateOneFeaturingClassifier(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // StructuralFeatureAction