org.andromda.metafacades.uml
Interface EntityAssociationEnd

All Superinterfaces:

AssociationEndFacade, ModelElementFacade

All Known Subinterfaces:

ManageableEntityAssociationEnd

public interface EntityAssociationEnd

extends AssociationEndFacade

Represents an association end of an entity.

Metafacade interface to be used by AndroMDA cartridges.

Method Summary

String	getColumnIndex() The name of the index to create on a column that persists the foreign key attribute.
String	getColumnName() The name of the column that makes up the foreign key.
String	getForeignKeyConstraintName() The name of the foreign key constraint to use for databases.
String	getForeignKeySuffix() The current foreign key suffix specified for this entity association end facade.
String	getSqlType() The SQL type for this the foreign key column of this association end.
boolean	isEntityAssociationEndMetaType() Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).
boolean	isForeignIdentifier() Indicates whether or not a foreign identifier should be used for the entity that owns this association end.
boolean	isIdentifiersPresent() True if the associationEnd is marked with identifiers stereotype, false otherwise.
boolean	isTransient() Indicates this association end should be ignored by the persistence layer.

Methods inherited from interface org.andromda.metafacades.uml.AssociationEndFacade

getAssociation, getGetterName, getGetterSetterTypeName, getLower, getOtherEnd, getSetterName, getType, getUpper, isAggregation, isAssociationEndFacadeMetaType, isChild, isComposition, isMany, isMany2Many, isMany2One, isNavigable, isOne2Many, isOne2One, isOrdered, isReadOnly, isRequired

Methods inherited from interface org.andromda.metafacades.uml.ModelElementFacade

copyTaggedValues, findTaggedValue, findTaggedValues, getConstraints, getConstraints, getDocumentation, getDocumentation, getDocumentation, getFullyQualifiedName, getFullyQualifiedName, getFullyQualifiedNamePath, getId, getLanguageMappings, getModel, getName, getPackage, getPackageName, getPackageName, getPackagePath, getRootPackage, getSourceDependencies, getStateMachineContext, getStereotypeNames, getStereotypes, getTaggedValues, getTargetDependencies, getTemplateParameter, getTemplateParameters, getValidationName, getValidationOwner, getVisibility, hasExactStereotype, hasStereotype, initialize, isBindingDependenciesPresent, isConstraintsPresent, isModelElementFacadeMetaType, isTemplateParametersPresent, translateConstraint, translateConstraints, translateConstraints, validateInvariants

Method Detail

isEntityAssociationEndMetaType

public boolean isEntityAssociationEndMetaType()

Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).

Returns:

always true

getColumnIndex

public String getColumnIndex()

The name of the index to create on a column that persists the foreign key attribute.

getColumnName

public String getColumnName()

The name of the column that makes up the foreign key.

getForeignKeyConstraintName

public String getForeignKeyConstraintName()

The name of the foreign key constraint to use for databases.

getForeignKeySuffix

public String getForeignKeySuffix()

The current foreign key suffix specified for this entity association end facade.

getSqlType

public String getSqlType()

The SQL type for this the foreign key column of this association end.

isForeignIdentifier

public boolean isForeignIdentifier()

Indicates whether or not a foreign identifier should be used for the entity that owns this association end. This would only make sense in the case of a child in a one-to-one parent-child association. If this flag is true, then the identifier of this entity should also be used as the foreign key to the related parent entity.

isIdentifiersPresent

public boolean isIdentifiersPresent()

True if the associationEnd is marked with identifiers stereotype, false otherwise.

isTransient

public boolean isTransient()

Indicates this association end should be ignored by the persistence layer.