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

/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2006 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: ActivityParameterNode.java,v 1.5 2006/12/14 15:49:28 khussey Exp $
 */
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>Activity Parameter Node</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * An activity parameter node is an object node for inputs and outputs to activities.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ActivityParameterNode#getParameter <em>Parameter</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getActivityParameterNode()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ActivityParameterNode
		extends ObjectNode {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Parameter</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The parameter the object node will be accepting or providing values for.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Parameter</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setParameter(Parameter)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getActivityParameterNode_Parameter()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Parameter getParameter();

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

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Activity parameter nodes must have parameters from the containing activity.
	 * true
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateHasParameters(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The type of an activity parameter node is the same as the type of its parameter.
	 * true
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateSameType(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * An activity parameter node may have all incoming edges or all outgoing edges, but it must not have both incoming and outgoing edges.
	 * true
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateNoEdges(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Activity parameter object nodes with no incoming edges and one or more outgoing edges must have a parameter with in or inout direction.
	 * 
	 * true
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateNoIncomingEdges(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Activity parameter object nodes with no outgoing edges and one or more incoming edges must have a parameter with out, inout, or return direction.
	 * 
	 * true
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateNoOutgoingEdges(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // ActivityParameterNode