oracle.owb.foundation.reflection
Interface AssociationDefinition

All Superinterfaces:

OWBNamedObject

public interface AssociationDefinition

extends OWBNamedObject

Association definition is object holding information about the association between two classes.

Version:

1.0

Author:

Xiaoge Zhang

Field Summary

static int	INTERCOMPONENT Constant - the association represents inter-component association.
static int	INTRACOMPONENT Constant - the association represents intra-component association.

Method Summary

int	getAssociationType() Return the type of the association.
ClassDefinition	getClassDefinitionA() Return class at one side of the association.
ClassDefinition	getClassDefinitionB() Return class at the other side of the association.
ClassDefinition[]	getClassDefinitions() Return two classes connected by this association.
ClassDefinition	getOtherClassDefinition(RoleDefinition role) Get the other class definition.
RoleDefinition	getOtherRoleDefinition(RoleDefinition role) Get the other role definition.
RoleDefinition	getRoleDefinitionA() Return role at one side of the association.
java.lang.String	getRoleDefinitionAName() Return the name of the role at one side of the association.
RoleDefinition	getRoleDefinitionB() Return role at another side of the association.
java.lang.String	getRoleDefinitionBName() Return the name of the role at the other side of the association.
RoleDefinition[]	getRoleDefinitions() Return two roles belong to this association.

Methods inherited from interface oracle.owb.foundation.OWBNamedObject

delete, getBusinessName, getClassDefinition, getComponent, getDescription, getName, getUOID, isDeletable, isEditable, isRenamable, setBusinessName, setDescription, setName

Field Detail

INTRACOMPONENT

public static final int INTRACOMPONENT

Constant - the association represents intra-component association.

INTERCOMPONENT

public static final int INTERCOMPONENT

Constant - the association represents inter-component association.

Method Detail

getRoleDefinitions

public RoleDefinition[] getRoleDefinitions()

Return two roles belong to this association.

Returns:

the array of RoleDefinition objects.

getClassDefinitions

public ClassDefinition[] getClassDefinitions()

Return two classes connected by this association.

Returns:

the array of ClassDefinition objects.

getRoleDefinitionA

public RoleDefinition getRoleDefinitionA()

Return role at one side of the association.

Returns:

role at one side of the association.

getRoleDefinitionB

public RoleDefinition getRoleDefinitionB()

Return role at another side of the association.

Returns:

role at another side of the association.

getClassDefinitionA

public ClassDefinition getClassDefinitionA()

Return class at one side of the association.

Returns:

class at one side of the association.

getClassDefinitionB

public ClassDefinition getClassDefinitionB()

Return class at the other side of the association.

Returns:

class at the other side of the association.

getRoleDefinitionAName

public java.lang.String getRoleDefinitionAName()

Return the name of the role at one side of the association.

Returns:

the name of the role at one side of the association.

getRoleDefinitionBName

public java.lang.String getRoleDefinitionBName()

Return the name of the role at the other side of the association.

Returns:

the name of the role at the other side of the association.

getAssociationType

public int getAssociationType()

Return the type of the association. Can be inter-component association or intra-component association.

Returns:

int indicating the type of association.

getOtherClassDefinition

public ClassDefinition getOtherClassDefinition(RoleDefinition role)

Get the other class definition.

Parameters:

role - is the role at one side of the association.

Returns:

the owning class of the other role of this association.

getOtherRoleDefinition

public RoleDefinition getOtherRoleDefinition(RoleDefinition role)

Get the other role definition.

Parameters:

role - is the role at one side of the association.

Returns:

the other role of this association.