/*
 * Copyright (c) 2014 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:
 *   Kenn Hussey (CEA) - initial API and implementation
 *
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml.profile.standard;

import java.util.Map;

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

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject;

import org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Classifier;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Specification</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A classifier that specifies a domain of objects without defining the physical implementation of those objects. For example, a Component stereotyped by «Specification» will only have provided and required interfaces, and is not intended to have any realizingClassifiers as part of its definition. This differs from «Type» because a «Type» can have features such as attributes and methods that are useful to analysts modeling systems. Also see: «Realization».
 * <p>From package StandardProfile (URI {@literal http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/20131001/StandardProfile}).</p>
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.profile.standard.Specification#getBase_Classifier <em>Base Classifier</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.profile.standard.StandardPackage#getSpecification()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface Specification
		extends EObject {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Base Classifier</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>From package StandardProfile (URI {@literal http://www.omg.org/spec/UML/20131001/StandardProfile}).</p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Base Classifier</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setBase_Classifier(Classifier)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.profile.standard.StandardPackage#getSpecification_Base_Classifier()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Classifier getBase_Classifier();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.profile.standard.Specification#getBase_Classifier <em>Base Classifier</em>}' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Base Classifier</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getBase_Classifier()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setBase_Classifier(Classifier value);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * self.base_Classifier.extension_Type->isEmpty()
	 * @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 validateCannotBeType(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // Specification