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041:
042: package org.netbeans.modules.uml.core.metamodel.infrastructure.coreinfrastructure;
043:
044: import org.netbeans.modules.uml.core.metamodel.core.foundation.IVersionableElement;
045: import org.netbeans.modules.uml.core.support.umlutils.ETList;
046:
047: public interface IAssociationEnd extends IStructuralFeature {
048: /**
049: * property Association
050: */
051: public IAssociation getAssociation();
052:
053: /**
054: * property Association
055: */
056: public void setAssociation(IAssociation value);
057:
058: /**
059: * method AddQualifier
060: */
061: public void addQualifier(IAttribute qual);
062:
063: /**
064: * method RemoveQualifier
065: */
066: public void removeQualifier(IAttribute qual);
067:
068: /**
069: * Creates an Qualifier. The new qualifier is not added to this AssociationEnd.
070: */
071: public IAttribute createQualifier(String Type, String Name);
072:
073: /**
074: * Creates an Qualifier. The new qualifier is not added to this AssociationEnd.
075: */
076: public IAttribute createQualifier2(IClassifier Type, String Name);
077:
078: /**
079: * Creates an Qualifier with a default name and type, dependent on the current language settings. The new attribute is not added to this Classifier.
080: */
081: public IAttribute createQualifier3();
082:
083: /**
084: * property Qualifiers
085: */
086: public ETList<IAttribute> getQualifiers();
087:
088: /**
089: * Designates the Classifier participating in the Association at the given end.
090: */
091: public IClassifier getParticipant();
092:
093: /**
094: * Designates the Classifier participating in the Association at the given end.
095: */
096: public void setParticipant(IClassifier value);
097:
098: /**
099: * Retrieves the other ends of the Association this end is a part of.
100: */
101: public ETList<IAssociationEnd> getOtherEnd();
102:
103: /**
104: * Turns this end into a NavigableEnd.
105: */
106: public INavigableEnd makeNavigable();
107:
108: /**
109: * Determines whether or not this end is navigable.
110: */
111: public boolean getIsNavigable();
112:
113: /**
114: * Retrieves the first end found in the OtherEnd collection. This is usually sufficient in every association other than a ternary.
115: */
116: public IAssociationEnd getOtherEnd2();
117:
118: /**
119: * Determines whether or not the participant encapsulates the same data as the passed in element
120: */
121: public boolean isSameParticipant(IVersionableElement element);
122:
123: }
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