UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core
Class AssociationClass

java.lang.Object
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                    +--UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.Classifier
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All Implemented Interfaces:

Element, ElementAtt, LinkAtt

public class AssociationClass

extends Class

An association class is an association that is also a class. It not only connects a set of classifiers but also defines a set of features that belong to the relationship itself and not any of the classifiers.

In the metamodel an AssociationClass is a declaration of a semantic relationship between Classifiers which has a set of features of its own. AssociationClass is a subclass of both Association and Class (i.e. each AssociationClass is both an Association and a Class). Therefore, an AssociationClass has both AssociationEnds and Features.

Since Java does not support multiple inheritance, an AssociationClass is modeled as a Class subclass which contains an Association

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Field Summary

static int	AGGR_COMPOSITE
static int	AGGR_NONE
static int	AGGR_SHARED

Constructor Summary

AssociationClass()
Constructor.

Method Summary

void	add(AssociationEnd elem) Adds an association end to this association class.
boolean	check() Checks if well-formedness rules are respected in this model element.
AssociationEnd	connectionAt(int i) Gets the i-th association end of this association class.
int	getAggregation() Gets the aggregation kind of this association class.
java.util.Vector	getConnection() Gets the set of association ends.

Methods inherited from class UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.Class

getInfo, getIsActive, setIsActive

Methods inherited from class UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.Classifier

add, add, add, allAssociationEnd, allAssociations, allAttributes, allFeatures, allMethods, allOperations, allOppositeAssociationEnd, getAssociationEnd, getAssociations, getAttribute, getAttribute, getAttributeCount, getFeature, getFeature, getOperation, getOperation, getOperationCount, getSpecification, inheritedAssociationEnd, inheritedAssociations, inheritedAttributes, inheritedOperations, inheritedOppositeAssociationEnd, oppositeAssociationEnd, setRealization, setSpecification

Methods inherited from class UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.GeneralizableElement

allOwnedElement, allSupertype, getGeneralization, getIsAbstract, getIsLeaf, getIsRoot, getSpecialization, getSupertype, inheritedOwnedElement, inheritedSupertype, setIsAbstract, setIsLeaf, setIsRoot

Methods inherited from class UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.Namespace

add, allContents, allContents, getOwnedElement, subContents

Methods inherited from class UML.Semantic.Foundation.Core.ModelElement

add, getBindingList, getConstraintList, getElementType, getErrors, getHref, getId, getIdentification, getIdref, getIndex, getIsOwned, getLabel, getLocator, getName, getNamespace, getNamespaceId, getStereotype, getTemplate, getTemplateParameterList, getTitle, getUuid, getUuidref, getVisibility, getVisibilitySymbol, getWarnings, setElementType, setErrors, setHref, setId, setIdref, setIndex, setIsOwned, setLabel, setName, setNamespace, setTemplate, setTitle, setUuid, setUuidref, setVisibility, setWarnings

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Field Detail

AGGR_NONE

public static final int AGGR_NONE

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Constant Field Values

AGGR_SHARED

public static final int AGGR_SHARED

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Constant Field Values

AGGR_COMPOSITE

public static final int AGGR_COMPOSITE

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Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

AssociationClass

public AssociationClass()

Constructor.

Method Detail

add

public void add(AssociationEnd elem)

Adds an association end to this association class.

getConnection

public java.util.Vector getConnection()

Gets the set of association ends.

Returns:

A Vector of AssociationEnd identifiers.

connectionAt

public AssociationEnd connectionAt(int i)

Gets the i-th association end of this association class.

Returns:

An AssociationEnd object.

getAggregation

public int getAggregation()

Gets the aggregation kind of this association class.

check

public boolean check()

Checks if well-formedness rules are respected in this model element.

Overrides:

check in class Class

Returns:

True if check was successful, false otherwise.