org.andromda.metafacades.uml
Interface GeneralizableElementFacade

All Superinterfaces:

ModelElementFacade

All Known Subinterfaces:

ActorFacade, AssociationClassFacade, AssociationFacade, ClassifierFacade, Entity, EntityAssociation, EnumerationFacade, FrontEndController, FrontEndUseCase, ManageableEntity, NamespaceFacade, Role, Service, StereotypeFacade, UseCaseFacade, ValueObject

public interface GeneralizableElementFacade

extends ModelElementFacade

The model element that represents an element that can be generalized or specialized.

Metafacade interface to be used by AndroMDA cartridges.

Method Summary

Object	findTaggedValue(String tagName, boolean follow) Finds the tagged value optional searching the entire inheritance hierarchy if 'follow' is set to true.
Collection	getAllGeneralizations() All generalizations for this generalizable element, goes up the inheritance tree.
Collection	getAllSpecializations() All specializations (travels down the inheritance hiearchy).
GeneralizableElementFacade	getGeneralization() Gets the direct generalization for this generalizable element.
Collection	getGeneralizationLinks() Gets the actual links that this generalization element is part of (it plays either the specialization or generalization).
String	getGeneralizationList() A comma seperated list of the fully qualified names of all generalizations.
GeneralizableElementFacade	getGeneralizationRoot() The element found when you recursively follow the generalization path up to the root.
Collection	getGeneralizations()
Collection	getSpecializations() Gets the direct specializations (i.e.
boolean	isGeneralizableElementFacadeMetaType() Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).

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

isGeneralizableElementFacadeMetaType

public boolean isGeneralizableElementFacadeMetaType()

Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).

Returns:

always true

findTaggedValue

public Object findTaggedValue(String tagName,
                              boolean follow)

Finds the tagged value optional searching the entire inheritance hierarchy if 'follow' is set to true.

getAllGeneralizations

public Collection getAllGeneralizations()

All generalizations for this generalizable element, goes up the inheritance tree.

getAllSpecializations

public Collection getAllSpecializations()

All specializations (travels down the inheritance hiearchy).

getGeneralization

public GeneralizableElementFacade getGeneralization()

Gets the direct generalization for this generalizable element.

getGeneralizationLinks

public Collection getGeneralizationLinks()

Gets the actual links that this generalization element is part of (it plays either the specialization or generalization).

getGeneralizationList

public String getGeneralizationList()

A comma seperated list of the fully qualified names of all generalizations.

getGeneralizationRoot

public GeneralizableElementFacade getGeneralizationRoot()

The element found when you recursively follow the generalization path up to the root. If an element has no generalization itself will be considered the root.

getGeneralizations

public Collection getGeneralizations()

getSpecializations

public Collection getSpecializations()

Gets the direct specializations (i.e. sub elements) for this generalizatble element.