cb.petal

Class Association

java.lang.Object

cb.petal.PetalObject

cb.petal.QuidObject

cb.petal.AccessObject

cb.petal.Association

All Implemented Interfaces:

AccessQualified, Documented, Named, PetalNode, StereoTyped, Serializable, Cloneable

public class Association
extends AccessObject

Represents Association object

Version:

$Id: Association.java,v 1.15 2001/08/01 14:26:56 dahm Exp $

Author:

M. Dahm

See Also:

Serialized Form

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class cb.petal.PetalObject

EMPTY, LOGGER, params, strict

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
Association()
Association(PetalNode parent, Collection params)

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	accept(Visitor v) accept the given visitor
Class	getAssociationClass()
QuidObject	getFirstClient()
Role	getFirstRole() An association contains exactly two roles.
List	getRoles()
QuidObject	getSecondClient()
Role	getSecondRole() An association contains exactly two roles.
void	init() Register this association internally, i.e. associate it with the attached classes.
void	setAssociationClass(Class o)
void	setAssociationClass(String qual_name) Set association class via its fully qualified name like "Logical View::University::Period".
void	setRoles(List o)

Methods inherited from class cb.petal.AccessObject

getDocumentation, getExportControl, getNameParameter, getStereotype, isPrivate, isProtected, isPublic, setDocumentation, setExportControl, setNameParameter, setStereotype

Methods inherited from class cb.petal.QuidObject

getQuid, getQuidAsLong, setQuid, setQuidAsLong

Methods inherited from class cb.petal.PetalObject

addProperty, addToList, clone, defineProperty, defineProperty, defineProperty, defineProperty, defineProperty, equals, getChildCount, getKind, getLongestName, getName, getNames, getNoProperties, getParameterList, getParent, getProperties, getProperty, getProperty, getPropertyAsBoolean, getPropertyAsFloat, getPropertyAsInteger, getPropertyAsString, getPropertyList, getPropertyName, getPropertyTuples, getQualifiedName, getRoot, indexOf, moveProperty, removeFromList, removeProperty, removeProperty, setName, setParameterList, setParent, setProperty, toString

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

Association

public Association(PetalNode parent,
                   Collection params)

Association

public Association()

Method Detail

getFirstClient

public QuidObject getFirstClient()

Returns:

Class or UseCase

getSecondClient

public QuidObject getSecondClient()

Returns:

Class or UseCase

getFirstRole

public Role getFirstRole()

An association contains exactly two roles. Get the first one.

getSecondRole

public Role getSecondRole()

An association contains exactly two roles. Get the second one.

init

public void init()

Register this association internally, i.e. associate it with the attached classes. So the classes can look up the associations related to them, too.

If this association has an association class, set its isAssociationClass() flag.

Overrides:

init in class QuidObject

getAssociationClass

public Class getAssociationClass()

setAssociationClass

public void setAssociationClass(Class o)

setAssociationClass

public void setAssociationClass(String qual_name)

Set association class via its fully qualified name like "Logical View::University::Period".

getRoles

public List getRoles()

setRoles

public void setRoles(List o)

accept

public void accept(Visitor v)

Description copied from interface: PetalNode

accept the given visitor

Specified by:

accept in interface PetalNode

Specified by:

accept in class PetalObject

Parameters:

v - - the visitor