org.eclipse.uml2.uml
Interface AttributeOwner

All Known Subinterfaces:

Activity, Artifact, AssociationClass, Behavior, Class, Collaboration, Component, DataType, DeploymentSpecification, Device, EncapsulatedClassifier, Enumeration, ExecutionEnvironment, FunctionBehavior, Interaction, Interface, Node, OpaqueBehavior, PrimitiveType, ProtocolStateMachine, Signal, StateMachine, Stereotype, StructuredClassifier

public interface AttributeOwner

Common protocol for classifiers that own attributes.

Since:

5.0

Method Summary

Property	createOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name, Type type) Creates a new Property as an owned attribute of this classifier.
Property	createOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name, Type type, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass eClass) Creates a new property as an owned attribute of this classifier.
Property	getOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name, Type type) Finds the first owned attribute that matches the given name and/or type.
Property	getOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name, Type type, boolean ignoreCase, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass eClass, boolean createOnDemand) Finds the first owned attribute that matches the given name (optionally irrespective of case) and/or type.
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<Property>	getOwnedAttributes() Obtains the attributes owned by this classifier.

Method Detail

getOwnedAttributes

org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<Property> getOwnedAttributes()

Obtains the attributes owned by this classifier.

Returns:

my owned attributes

createOwnedAttribute

Property createOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                              Type type)

Creates a new Property as an owned attribute of this classifier.

Parameters:

name - the name of the new attribute (may be null)

type - the type of the new attribute (may be null)

Returns:

the new owned attribute

See Also:

createOwnedAttribute(String, Type, EClass), getOwnedAttribute(String, Type)

createOwnedAttribute

Property createOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                              Type type,
                              org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass eClass)

Creates a new property as an owned attribute of this classifier.

Parameters:

name - the name of the new attribute (may be null)

type - the type of the new attribute (may be null)

eClass - the Ecore metaclass of the attribute to create

Returns:

the new owned attribute

See Also:

createOwnedAttribute(String, Type), getOwnedAttribute(String, Type, boolean, EClass, boolean)

getOwnedAttribute

Property getOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                           Type type)

Finds the first owned attribute that matches the given name and/or type.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name to match, or to match any attribute name

type - the attribute type to match, or to match any attribute type

Returns:

any matching attribute, or null if not found

See Also:

getOwnedAttribute(String, Type, boolean, EClass, boolean)

getOwnedAttribute

Property getOwnedAttribute(java.lang.String name,
                           Type type,
                           boolean ignoreCase,
                           org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass eClass,
                           boolean createOnDemand)

Finds the first owned attribute that matches the given name (optionally irrespective of case) and/or type.

Parameters:

name - the attribute name to match, or to match any attribute name

type - the attribute type to match, or to match any attribute type

ignoreCase - whether to match names case-insensitively

eClass - the Ecore metaclass of attribute to match, or null to match any kind of attribute

createOnDemand - whether to create the owned attribute and return it if an existing match is not found

Returns:

any matching attribute, or null if not found and createOnDemand is false

See Also:

getOwnedAttribute(String, Type)