Change (root 1.5.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject, org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier

All Known Subinterfaces:

Add, CompositeChange, ContentChange, Create, Delete, InitializerChange, MigrateableChange, MigrationChange, Move, NoChange, NonDelete, OperationChange, PrimitiveChange, Remove, Set, ValueChange

All Known Implementing Classes:

AddImpl, ChangeImpl, CompositeChangeImpl, ContentChangeImpl, CreateImpl, DeleteImpl, InitializerChangeImpl, MigrateableChangeImpl, MigrationChangeImpl, MoveImpl, NoChangeImpl, NonDeleteImpl, OperationChangeImpl, PrimitiveChangeImpl, RemoveImpl, SetImpl, ValueChangeImpl
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public interface Change
extends org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject
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A representation of the model object 'Change'. A base class for all metamodel changes
The following features are supported:
- Breaking
- Description
See Also:

HistoryPackage.getChange()

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getDescription()`	Returns the value of the 'Description' attribute.
`Release`	`getRelease()`	Helper method to determine the release to which this change belongs
`boolean`	`isBreaking()`	Returns the value of the 'Breaking' attribute.
`void`	`setBreaking(boolean value)`	Sets the value of the '`Breaking`' attribute.
`void`	`setDescription(String value)`	Sets the value of the '`Description`' attribute.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject
eAllContents, eClass, eContainer, eContainingFeature, eContainmentFeature, eContents, eCrossReferences, eGet, eGet, eInvoke, eIsProxy, eIsSet, eResource, eSet, eUnset

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
eAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliver

- Method Detail
  - isBreaking
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boolean isBreaking()
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    Returns the value of the 'Breaking' attribute. Whether the change is breaking, i.e. a migration has to be specified (this attribute is only used during validation and is therefore not persisted)
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the 'Breaking' attribute.
    
    See Also:
    
    setBreaking(boolean), HistoryPackage.getChange_Breaking()
  - setBreaking
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void setBreaking(boolean value)
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    Sets the value of the 'Breaking' attribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the new value of the 'Breaking' attribute.
    
    See Also:
    
    isBreaking()
  - getDescription
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String getDescription()
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    Returns the value of the 'Description' attribute.
    If the meaning of the 'Description' attribute isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here...
    Description to comment the change
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the 'Description' attribute.
    
    See Also:
    
    setDescription(String), HistoryPackage.getChange_Description()
  - setDescription
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void setDescription(String value)
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    Sets the value of the 'Description' attribute.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the new value of the 'Description' attribute.
    
    See Also:
    
    getDescription()
  - getRelease
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Release getRelease()
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    Helper method to determine the release to which this change belongs