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

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

Generalization_Impl

public interface Generalization
extends Relationship

A generalization is a taxonomic relationship between a more general element and a more specific element. The more specific element is fully consistent with the more general element (it has all of its properties, members, and relationships) and may contain additional information. In the metamodel, a Generalization is a directed inheritance relationship, uniting a GeneralizableElement with a more general GeneralizableElement in a hierarchy. Generalization is a subtyping relationship (i.e., an Instance of the more general GeneralizableElement may be substituted by an Instance of the more specific GeneralizableElement). See Inheritance for the consequences of Generalization relationships.

Method Summary

GeneralizableElement	getChild() Designates a GeneralizableElement that is the specialized version of the parent GeneralizableElement.
String	getDiscriminator() Designates the partition to which the Generalization link belongs.
GeneralizableElement	getParent() Designates a GeneralizableElement that is the generalized version of the child GeneralizableElement.
Classifier	getPowertype() Designates a Classifier that serves as a powertype for the child element along the dimension of generalization expressed by the Generalization.
void	setChild(GeneralizableElement child) Setter for atomic property child)
void	setDiscriminator(String discriminator) Setter for atomic property discriminator)
void	setParent(GeneralizableElement parent) Setter for atomic property parent)
void	setPowertype(Classifier powertype) Setter for atomic property powertype)

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

getDiscriminator

String getDiscriminator()
                        throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Designates the partition to which the Generalization link belongs. All of the Generalization links that share a given parent GeneralizableElement are divided into disjoint sets (that is, partitions) by their discriminator names. Each partition (a set of links sharing a discriminator name) represents an orthogonal dimension of specialization of the parent GeneralizableElement. The discriminator need not be unique. The empty string is also considered as a partition name, therefore all Generalization links have a discriminator. If the set of Generalization links that have the same parent all have the same name, then the children in the Generalization links are GeneralizableElements that specialize the parent, and an instance of any of them is a legal instance of the parent. Otherwise an indirect instance of the parent must be a (direct or indirect) instance of at least one element from each of the partitions.

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

setDiscriminator

void setDiscriminator(String discriminator)
                      throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Setter for atomic property discriminator)

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

getChild

GeneralizableElement getChild()
                              throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Designates a GeneralizableElement that is the specialized version of the parent GeneralizableElement.

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

setChild

void setChild(GeneralizableElement child)
              throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Setter for atomic property child)

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

getParent

GeneralizableElement getParent()
                               throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Designates a GeneralizableElement that is the generalized version of the child GeneralizableElement.

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

setParent

void setParent(GeneralizableElement parent)
               throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Setter for atomic property parent)

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

getPowertype

Classifier getPowertype()
                        throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Designates a Classifier that serves as a powertype for the child element along the dimension of generalization expressed by the Generalization. The child element is therefore an instance of the powertype element.

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

setPowertype

void setPowertype(Classifier powertype)
                  throws javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException

Setter for atomic property powertype)

Throws:

javax.jmi.reflect.JmiException