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

All Known Subinterfaces:

IProductComponent, IProductComponentGeneration, IProductObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProductComponent, ProductComponentGeneration
```
public interface IProductComponentLinkSource
```
The source of an IProductComponentLink. This may be a IProductComponent or a IProductComponentGeneration.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IProductComponentLink<? extends IProductComponent>`	`getLink(java.lang.String linkName, IProductComponent target)`	Returns the `IProductComponentLink` for the association with the given role name to the given product component or `null` if no such association exists.
`java.util.List<IProductComponentLink<? extends IProductComponent>>`	`getLinks()`	Returns a `List` of all the `IProductComponentLink`s from this product component generation to other product components.
`IRuntimeRepository`	`getRepository()`	Getting the runtime repository of this link source.

- Method Detail
  - getRepository
```
IRuntimeRepository getRepository()
```
    Getting the runtime repository of this link source.
    
    Returns:
    
    The IRuntimeRepository that was used to create this IProductComponentLinkSource
  - getLinks
```
java.util.List<IProductComponentLink<? extends IProductComponent>> getLinks()
```
    Returns a List of all the IProductComponentLinks from this product component generation to other product components.
    
    Since:
    
    3.8
  - getLink
```
IProductComponentLink<? extends IProductComponent> getLink(java.lang.String linkName,
                                                           IProductComponent target)
```
    Returns the IProductComponentLink for the association with the given role name to the given product component or null if no such association exists.