IProductComponentLink (org.faktorips.runtime 21.6.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

IClRepositoryObject, IRuntimeObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProductComponentLink
```
public interface IProductComponentLink<T extends IProductComponent>
extends IRuntimeObject, IClRepositoryObject
```
This class represents a link between two product components.
The generic type T specifies the target type of this link.

Author:

Daniel Hohenberger

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.lang.String`	`getAssociationName()`	Returns the name of the association this link belongs to.
`CardinalityRange`	`getCardinality()`
`IProductComponentLinkSource`	`getSource()`	Returns the `IProductComponentLinkSource` this link originates from.
`T`	`getTarget()`	Returns the target product component.
`java.lang.String`	`getTargetId()`	Returns the target product component's id.

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.IClRepositoryObject
initFromXml

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.IRuntimeObject
getExtensionPropertyIds, getExtensionPropertyValue

- Method Detail
  - getCardinality
```
CardinalityRange getCardinality()
```
    Returns:
    
    this link's min and max cardinality as a IntegerRange.
  - getSource
```
IProductComponentLinkSource getSource()
```
    Returns the IProductComponentLinkSource this link originates from. This may be a IProductComponentGeneration or a IProductComponent (since 3.8).
    
    Since:
    
    The return value of this method changed in version 3.8 from IProductComponentGeneration to IProductComponentLinkSource because the link source may be a product component or a product component generation.
  - getTarget
```
T getTarget()
```
    Returns the target product component.
  - getTargetId
```
java.lang.String getTargetId()
```
    Returns the target product component's id.
  - getAssociationName
```
java.lang.String getAssociationName()
```
    Returns the name of the association this link belongs to.