uk.ac.ucl.cs.uml.jmi.Foundation.Core
Interface Abstraction

All Superinterfaces:

Dependency, Element, ExtObject, ModelElement, javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject, javax.jmi.reflect.RefFeatured, javax.jmi.reflect.RefObject, Relationship

All Known Implementing Classes:

Abstraction_Impl

public interface Abstraction
extends Dependency

An abstraction is a Dependency relationship that relates two elements or sets of elements that represent the same concept at different levels of abstraction or from different viewpoints. In the metamodel, an Abstraction is a Dependency in which there is a mapping between the supplier and the client. Depending on the specific stereotype of Abstraction, the mapping may be formal or informal, and it may be unidirectional or bidirectional. If an Abstraction element has more than one client element, the supplier element maps into the set of client elements as a group. For example, an analysis-level class might be split into several design-level classes. The situation is similar if there is more than one supplier element. The UML standard stereotyped classes of Abstraction are Derivation, Realization, Refinement, and Trace. (These are the names for the Abstraction class with the stereotypes «derive», «realize», «refine», and «trace», respectively.)

Method Summary

MappingExpression	getMapping() A MappingExpression that states the abstraction relationship between the supplier and the client.
void	setMapping(MappingExpression mapping) Setter for atomic property mapping)

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.ucl.cs.uml.jmi.Foundation.Core.Dependency

getClient, getSupplier

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.ucl.cs.uml.jmi.Foundation.Core.ModelElement

getAsArgument, getBehavior, getClientDependency, getComment, getConstraint, getContainer, getDefaultElement, getIsSpecification, getName, getNamespace, getPackage, getPresentation, getReferenceTag, getSourceFlow, getStereotype, getSupplierDependency, getTaggedValue, getTargetFlow, getTemplate, getTemplateArgument, getTemplateParameter, getVisibility, setDefaultElement, setIsSpecification, setName, setNamespace, setTemplate, setVisibility

Methods inherited from interface uk.ac.ucl.cs.emofocl.jmi.reflect.extended.ExtObject

extAddObjectListener, extDeepCopy, extDeepCopy, extEquals, extRemoveObjectListener, extValueHash, extVisit

Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefObject

refClass, refDelete, refImmediateComposite, refIsInstanceOf, refOutermostComposite

Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefFeatured

refGetValue, refGetValue, refInvokeOperation, refInvokeOperation, refSetValue, refSetValue

Methods inherited from interface javax.jmi.reflect.RefBaseObject

equals, hashCode, refImmediatePackage, refMetaObject, refMofId, refOutermostPackage, refVerifyConstraints

Method Detail

getMapping

MappingExpression getMapping()
                             throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

A MappingExpression that states the abstraction relationship between the supplier and the client. In some cases, such as Derivation, it is usually formal and unidirectional; in other cases, such as Trace, it is usually informal and bidirectional. The mapping attribute is optional and may be omitted if the precise relationship between the elements is not specified.

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

setMapping

void setMapping(MappingExpression mapping)
                throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Setter for atomic property mapping)

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException