org.andromda.metafacades.uml

Interface EntityAssociationEnd

All Superinterfaces:

AssociationEndFacade, ModelElementFacade

All Known Subinterfaces:

ManageableEntityAssociationEnd

public interface EntityAssociationEnd
extends AssociationEndFacade

Represents an association end of an entity. Metafacade interface to be used by AndroMDA cartridges.

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
String	getColumnIndex() The name of the index to create on a column that persists the foreign key attribute.
String	getColumnName() The name of the column that makes up the foreign key.
String	getForeignKeyConstraintName() The name of the foreign key constraint to use for databases.
String	getForeignKeySuffix() The current foreign key suffix specified for this entity association end facade.
String	getSqlType() The SQL type for this the foreign key column of this association end.
String	getUniqueGroup() The name of the unique-key that this unique association end belongs
boolean	isEntityAssociationEndMetaType() Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).
boolean	isForeignIdentifier() Indicates whether or not a foreign identifier should be used for the entity that owns this association end.
boolean	isIdentifier() True if this association is an identifier for its entity.
boolean	isIdentifiersPresent() True if the associationEnd is marked with identifiers stereotype, false otherwise.
boolean	isTransient() Indicates this association end should be ignored by the persistence layer.

Methods inherited from interface org.andromda.metafacades.uml.AssociationEndFacade

getAdderName, getAggregationKind, getAssociation, getDefault, getGetterName, getGetterSetterTypeName, getLower, getOtherEnd, getRemoverName, getSetterName, getType, getUpper, isAggregation, isAssociationEndFacadeMetaType, isBidirectional, isChild, isComposition, isDerived, isLeaf, isMany, isMany2Many, isMany2One, isNavigable, isOne2Many, isOne2One, isOrdered, isReadOnly, isRequired, isStatic, isUnique

Methods inherited from interface org.andromda.metafacades.uml.ModelElementFacade

copyTaggedValues, findTaggedValue, findTaggedValues, getBindedFullyQualifiedName, getConstraints, getConstraints, getDocumentation, getDocumentation, getDocumentation, getFullyQualifiedName, getFullyQualifiedName, getFullyQualifiedNamePath, getId, getKeywords, getLabel, getLanguageMappings, getModel, getName, getPackage, getPackageName, getPackageName, getPackagePath, getQualifiedName, getRootPackage, getSourceDependencies, getStateMachineContext, getStereotypeNames, getStereotypes, getTaggedValues, getTargetDependencies, getTemplateParameter, getTemplateParameters, getValidationName, getValidationOwner, getVisibility, hasExactStereotype, hasKeyword, hasStereotype, initialize, isBindingDependenciesPresent, isConstraintsPresent, isDocumentationPresent, isModelElementFacadeMetaType, isReservedWord, isTemplateParametersPresent, isValidIdentifierName, translateConstraint, translateConstraints, translateConstraints, validateInvariants

Method Detail

isEntityAssociationEndMetaType

boolean isEntityAssociationEndMetaType()

Indicates the metafacade type (used for metafacade mappings).

Returns:

boolean always true

getColumnIndex

String getColumnIndex()

The name of the index to create on a column that persists the foreign key attribute.

Returns:

String

getColumnName

String getColumnName()

The name of the column that makes up the foreign key.

Returns:

String

getForeignKeyConstraintName

String getForeignKeyConstraintName()

The name of the foreign key constraint to use for databases.

Returns:

String

getForeignKeySuffix

String getForeignKeySuffix()

The current foreign key suffix specified for this entity association end facade.

Returns:

String

getSqlType

String getSqlType()

The SQL type for this the foreign key column of this association end.

Returns:

String

getUniqueGroup

String getUniqueGroup()

The name of the unique-key that this unique association end belongs

Returns:

String

isForeignIdentifier

boolean isForeignIdentifier()

Indicates whether or not a foreign identifier should be used for the entity that owns this association end. This would only make sense in the case of a child in a one-to-one parent-child association. If this flag is true, then the identifier of this entity should also be used as the foreign key to the related parent entity.

Returns:

boolean

isIdentifier

boolean isIdentifier()

True if this association is an identifier for its entity.

Returns:

boolean

isIdentifiersPresent

boolean isIdentifiersPresent()

True if the associationEnd is marked with identifiers stereotype, false otherwise.

Returns:

boolean

isTransient

boolean isTransient()

Indicates this association end should be ignored by the persistence layer.

Returns:

boolean