plugins/org.eclipse.uml2.uml/src/org/eclipse/uml2/uml/ReadLinkAction.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;
import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Read Link Action</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A ReadLinkAction is a LinkAction that navigates across an Association to retrieve the objects on one end.
 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ReadLinkAction#getResult <em>Result</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getReadLinkAction()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ReadLinkAction
		extends LinkAction {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Result</b></em>' containment reference.
	 * <p>
	 * This feature subsets the following features:
	 * </p>
	 * <ul>
	 *   <li>'{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Action#getOutputs() <em>Output</em>}'</li>
	 * </ul>
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The OutputPin on which the objects retrieved from the "open" end of those links whose values on other ends are given by the endData.
	 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Result</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #setResult(OutputPin)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getReadLinkAction_Result()
	 * @model containment="true" resolveProxies="true" required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	OutputPin getResult();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ReadLinkAction#getResult <em>Result</em>}' containment reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Result</em>' containment reference.
	 * @see #getResult()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setResult(OutputPin value);

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.OutputPin},with the specified '<em><b>Name</b></em>', and '<em><b>Type</b></em>', and sets the '<em><b>Result</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.OutputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @param type The '<em><b>Type</b></em>' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.OutputPin}, or <code>null</code>.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.OutputPin}.
	 * @see #getResult()
	 * @generated
	 */
	OutputPin createResult(String name, Type type);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Exactly one linkEndData specification (corresponding to the "open" end) must not have an value InputPin.
	 * self.openEnd()->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 validateOneOpenEnd(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The type and ordering of the result OutputPin are same as the type and ordering of the open Association end.
	 * self.openEnd()->forAll(type=result.type and isOrdered=result.isOrdered)
	 * @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 validateTypeAndOrdering(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The multiplicity of the open Association end must be compatible with the multiplicity of the result OutputPin.
	 * self.openEnd()->first().compatibleWith(result)
	 * @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 validateCompatibleMultiplicity(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * The open end must be navigable.
	 * self.openEnd()->first().isNavigable()
	 * @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 validateNavigableOpenEnd(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Returns the ends corresponding to endData with no value InputPin. (A well-formed ReadLinkAction is constrained to have only one of these.)
	 * result = (endData->select(value=null).end->asOrderedSet())
	 * <p>From package UML::Actions.</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<Property> openEnd();

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Visibility of the open end must allow access from the object performing the action.
	 * let openEnd : Property = self.openEnd()->first() in
	 *   openEnd.visibility = VisibilityKind::public or 
	 *   endData->exists(oed | 
	 *     oed.end<>openEnd and 
	 *     (_'context' = oed.end.type or 
	 *       (openEnd.visibility = VisibilityKind::protected and 
	 *         _'context'.conformsTo(oed.end.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);

} // ReadLinkAction