org.eclipse.emf.ecore

Interface EFactory

All Superinterfaces:

EModelElement, EObject, Notifier

All Known Subinterfaces:

ChangeFactory, Ecore2EcoreFactory, Ecore2XMLFactory, EcoreFactory, EXTLibraryFactory, GenModelFactory, JavaFactory, MappingFactory, TreeFactory, XcoreFactory, XMLNamespaceFactory, XMLTypeFactory

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChangeFactoryImpl, Ecore2EcoreFactoryImpl, Ecore2XMLFactoryImpl, EcoreFactoryImpl, EFactoryImpl, EXTLibraryFactoryImpl, GenModelFactoryImpl, JavaFactoryImpl, MappingFactoryImpl, TreeFactoryImpl, XcoreFactoryImpl, XMLNamespaceFactoryImpl, XMLTypeFactoryImpl

public interface EFactory
extends EModelElement

A representation of the model object 'EFactory'.

A factory is responsible for creating class instances, and for converting data type instances to and from String.

The following features are supported:

• EPackage

See Also:

EcorePackage.getEFactory()

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Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	convertToString(EDataType eDataType, java.lang.Object instanceValue) Returns the literal value of the instance.
EObject	create(EClass eClass) Creates a new instance of the class and returns it.
java.lang.Object	createFromString(EDataType eDataType, java.lang.String literalValue) Creates an instance of the data type from the literal value.
EPackage	getEPackage() Returns the value of the 'EPackage' reference.
void	setEPackage(EPackage value) Sets the value of the 'EPackage' reference

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EModelElement

getEAnnotation, getEAnnotations

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

getEPackage

EPackage getEPackage()

Returns the value of the 'EPackage' reference. It is bidirectional and its opposite is 'EFactory Instance'.

It represent the package of this factory.

Returns:

the value of the 'EPackage' reference.

See Also:

setEPackage(EPackage), EcorePackage.getEFactory_EPackage(), EPackage.getEFactoryInstance()

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opposite="eFactoryInstance" resolveProxies="false" required="true" transient="true"

setEPackage

void setEPackage(EPackage value)

Sets the value of the 'EPackage' reference.

Parameters:

value - the new value of the 'EPackage' reference.

See Also:

getEPackage()

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create

EObject create(EClass eClass)

Creates a new instance of the class and returns it.

Parameters:

eClass - the class of the new instance.

Returns:

a new instance of the class.

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createFromString

java.lang.Object createFromString(EDataType eDataType,
                                java.lang.String literalValue)

Creates an instance of the data type from the literal value.

Parameters:

literalValue - literal value of the instance.

Returns:

an instance of the data type.

See Also:

convertToString(EDataType, Object)

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convertToString

java.lang.String convertToString(EDataType eDataType,
                               java.lang.Object instanceValue)

Returns the literal value of the instance.

Parameters:

eDataType - the data type of the value.

instanceValue - the value.

Returns:

the literal value of the instance.

See Also:

createFromString(EDataType, String)

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