IProductComponentGeneration (org.faktorips.runtime 22.6.0-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

IProductComponentLinkSource, IProductObject, IRuntimeObject

All Known Implementing Classes:

ProductComponentGeneration
```
public interface IProductComponentGeneration
extends IRuntimeObject, IProductObject
```
A product component generation represents the state of a product component valid for a period of time. The period's begins is defined by the generation's valid from date. The period ends at the next generation's valid from date. A product component's generation periods are none overlapping. For a given point in time exactly one (or none) generation is found.

Author:

Jan Ortmann

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`IProductComponentGeneration`	`getNextGeneration()`	Returns the next generation if available if not `null` will be returned.
`IProductComponentGeneration`	`getPreviousGeneration()`	Returns the previous generation if available if not `null` will be returned.
`IProductComponent`	`getProductComponent()`	Returns the product component this generation belongs to.
`IRuntimeRepository`	`getRepository()`	Returns the repository this product component generation belongs to.

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.IProductComponentLinkSource
getLink, getLinks

Methods inherited from interface org.faktorips.runtime.IProductObject
createPolicyComponent, getValidFrom, getValidFrom, isValidationRuleActivated, setValidationRuleActivated

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

- Method Detail
  - getRepository
```
IRuntimeRepository getRepository()
```
    Returns the repository this product component generation belongs to. This method never returns null.
    
    Specified by:
    
    getRepository in interface IProductComponentLinkSource
    
    Returns:
    
    The IRuntimeRepository that was used to create this IProductComponentLinkSource
  - getProductComponent
```
IProductComponent getProductComponent()
```
    Returns the product component this generation belongs to. This method never returns null.
  - getPreviousGeneration
```
IProductComponentGeneration getPreviousGeneration()
```
    Returns the previous generation if available if not null will be returned.
  - getNextGeneration
```
IProductComponentGeneration getNextGeneration()
```
    Returns the next generation if available if not null will be returned.