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

/*
 * 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;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Reception</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A Reception is a declaration stating that a Classifier is prepared to react to the receipt of a Signal.
 * <p>From package UML::SimpleClassifiers.</p>
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Reception#getSignal <em>Signal</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getReception()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface Reception
		extends BehavioralFeature {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Signal</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The Signal that this Reception handles.
	 * <p>From package UML::SimpleClassifiers.</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Signal</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setSignal(Signal)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getReception_Signal()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Signal getSignal();

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

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * A Reception has the same name as its signal
	 * name = signal.name
	 * @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 validateSameNameAsSignal(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * A Reception's parameters match the ownedAttributes of its signal by name, type, and multiplicity
	 * signal.ownedAttribute->size() = ownedParameter->size() and
	 * Sequence{1..signal.ownedAttribute->size()}->forAll( i | 
	 *     ownedParameter->at(i).direction = ParameterDirectionKind::_'in' and 
	 *     ownedParameter->at(i).name = signal.ownedAttribute->at(i).name and
	 *     ownedParameter->at(i).type = signal.ownedAttribute->at(i).type and
	 *     ownedParameter->at(i).lowerBound() = signal.ownedAttribute->at(i).lowerBound() and
	 *     ownedParameter->at(i).upperBound() = signal.ownedAttribute->at(i).upperBound()
	 * )
	 * @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 validateSameStructureAsSignal(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // Reception