com.ibm.openpages.api.metadata

Interface IAssociationDefinition

public interface IAssociationDefinition

Represents OpenPages metadata pertaining to a valid navigation path specified between two type definitions. Types are organized in a directed graph that can be navigated along paths specified in an OpenPages model. An association definition can be seen as an "arc" in this directed graph. An association always involves two types, a source type (or tail) and a destination type (or head). Cardinality is also specified for an association.

See Also:

ITypeDefinition

Category:

MetaData

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
ITypeDefinition	getChild() Returns the "child" type definition of this association.
Id	getId() Returns the Id of the association.
int	getMax() Upper bound of the cardinality associated with this association definition.
int	getMin() Lower bound of the cardinality associated with this association definition.
ITypeDefinition	getParent() Returns the "parent" type definition of this association.
boolean	isEnabled() Returns a boolean specifying if the association definition is currently enabled.

Method Detail

getId

Id getId()

Returns the Id of the association.

Returns:

Id the id of the association.

getMax

int getMax()

Upper bound of the cardinality associated with this association definition.

Returns:

integer the maximum allowed associations

getMin

int getMin()

Lower bound of the cardinality associated with this association definition.

Returns:

integer the minimum associations required

getChild

ITypeDefinition getChild()

Returns the "child" type definition of this association.

Returns:

ITypeDefinition the child association

getParent

ITypeDefinition getParent()

Returns the "parent" type definition of this association.

Returns:

ITypeDefinition the parent association

isEnabled

boolean isEnabled()

Returns a boolean specifying if the association definition is currently enabled.

Returns:

true if the association definition is enabled