Package org.faktorips.runtime

Interface IProductComponentGeneration

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

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 Details

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.