org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype

Interface IModelTypeAssociation

All Superinterfaces:

IModelElement

All Known Implementing Classes:

Association, PolicyAssociation, ProductAssociation

Deprecated.

Use Association directly. Will be removed in Faktor-IPS 3.20+

@Deprecated
public interface IModelTypeAssociation
extends IModelElement

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	IModelTypeAssociation.AssociationType Deprecated. Use AssociationKind

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
IModelTypeAssociation.AssociationType	getAssociationType() Deprecated. Returns the type of this association.
String	getInverseAssociation() Deprecated. Returns the name of the inverse association if it is defined.
String	getLabelForPlural(Locale locale) Deprecated. Returns the plural label for this model element in the specified locale.
String	getMatchingAssociationName() Deprecated. Returns the name of the matching product respectively policy component type association or null if no matching association is defined for this association.
String	getMatchingAssociationSource() Deprecated. Returns the qualified name of source type of the matching association or null if no matching association is defined.
IModelType	getMatchingAssociationSourceType() Deprecated. Returns the IModelType identified by getMatchingAssociationSource()
int	getMaxCardinality() Deprecated. Returns the maximum cardinality for this association.
int	getMinCardinality() Deprecated. Returns the minimum cardinality for this association.
IModelType	getModelType() Deprecated. Returns the model type this association belongs to.
String	getNamePlural() Deprecated. Returns the plural form of this model type's name or the empty String if no plural for the name is set.
IModelType	getTarget() Deprecated. Returns the target model type object of this association.
String	getUsedName() Deprecated. Returns the singular or plural form of this model type's name as used in code generation depending on cardinality.
boolean	isDerivedUnion() Deprecated. Returns if this association is a derived union.
boolean	isMatchingAssociationPresent() Deprecated. Returns true if the association has a matching association.
boolean	isProductRelevant() Deprecated. Since 3.18, use isMatchingAssociationPresent
boolean	isSubsetOfADerivedUnion() Deprecated. Returns if this association is a subset of a derived union.

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.modeltype.IModelElement

getDescription, getExtensionPropertyIds, getExtensionPropertyValue, getLabel, getName

Method Detail

getModelType

IModelType getModelType()

Deprecated.

Returns the model type this association belongs to.

getTarget

IModelType getTarget()

Deprecated.

Returns the target model type object of this association.

getMinCardinality

int getMinCardinality()

Deprecated.

Returns the minimum cardinality for this association. 0 if no minimum is set.

getMaxCardinality

int getMaxCardinality()

Deprecated.

Returns the maximum cardinality for this association. Integer.MAX_VALUE if no maximum is set.

getNamePlural

String getNamePlural()

Deprecated.

Returns the plural form of this model type's name or the empty String if no plural for the name is set.

getUsedName

String getUsedName()

Deprecated.

Returns the singular or plural form of this model type's name as used in code generation depending on cardinality.

getAssociationType

IModelTypeAssociation.AssociationType getAssociationType()

Deprecated.

Returns the type of this association.

isSubsetOfADerivedUnion

boolean isSubsetOfADerivedUnion()

Deprecated.

Returns if this association is a subset of a derived union.

getInverseAssociation

String getInverseAssociation()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of the inverse association if it is defined.

Returns:

The name of the inverse association or null if there is no inverse association or it is a product component associations

getLabelForPlural

String getLabelForPlural(Locale locale)

Deprecated.

Returns the plural label for this model element in the specified locale. If there is no plural label in the specified locale, it tries to find the plural label in the default locale. If there is also no plural label in the default locale the element's plural name is returned.

Returns:

the label for the given locale or the element's name if no label exists for the given locale nor in the default locale

isProductRelevant

@Deprecated
boolean isProductRelevant()

Deprecated. Since 3.18, use isMatchingAssociationPresent

Returns if this association is product relevant.

isMatchingAssociationPresent

boolean isMatchingAssociationPresent()

Deprecated.

Returns true if the association has a matching association. For policy associations that means it is configured by the product component. For product component associations that means it configures a policy association.

Returns:

true if this association has a matching association.

See Also:

getMatchingAssociationName()

getMatchingAssociationName

String getMatchingAssociationName()

Deprecated.

Returns the name of the matching product respectively policy component type association or null if no matching association is defined for this association.

Example: Taking two policy component types called 'Policy' and 'Coverage' with a composition association between them. Policy is constrained by the product component type 'Product' and coverage by 'CoverageType'. There is also an association from 'Product' to 'CoverageType'. The product association configures the policy association. If this is a model type association for the policy association this method returns the name of the matching product association and vice versa.

Returns:

The name of the matching association

getMatchingAssociationSource

String getMatchingAssociationSource()

Deprecated.

Returns the qualified name of source type of the matching association or null if no matching association is defined.

Example: Taking two policy component types called 'Policy' and 'Coverage' with a composition association between them. Policy is constrained by the product component type 'Product' and coverage by 'CoverageType'. There is also an association from 'Product' to 'CoverageType'. The product association configures the policy association. If this is a model type association for the policy association this method returns the qualified name of the source of the matching product association and vice versa. The source is the type which defines the matching association.

Returns:

The qualified name of the matching association source

getMatchingAssociationSourceType

IModelType getMatchingAssociationSourceType()

Deprecated.

Returns the IModelType identified by getMatchingAssociationSource()

Returns:

The model type object of the matching association source

See Also:

getMatchingAssociationSource()

isDerivedUnion

boolean isDerivedUnion()

Deprecated.

Returns if this association is a derived union.