com.soyatec.bpmn
Interface Association

All Superinterfaces:
BPMNObject, ConnectingObject, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject, org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier, ProcessObject

public interface Association
extends ConnectingObject

A representation of the model object 'Association'. An Association is a dotted graphical line that is used to associate information and Artifacts with Flow Objects. Text and graphical non-Flow Objects can be associated with the Flow Objects and Flow.

The following features are supported:

See Also:
BPMNPackage.getAssociation()

Method Summary
 Direction getDirection()
          Returns the value of the 'Direction' attribute.
 boolean isCompensationAssociation()
          Return true if the source is a compensation intermediate event and target element is Activity
 boolean isDataObjectAssociation()
          Return true if the source or target is a DataObject and another element is kind of FlowObject
 boolean isDataObjectConnection()
          Return true if the source or target is a DataObject and another element is kind of ConnectingObject such as SequenceFlow or MessageFlow
 boolean isTextAssociation()
          Return true if the source or target is a TextAnnotation
 
Methods inherited from interface com.soyatec.bpmn.ConnectingObject
getName, getSource, getTarget, setName, setSource, setTarget
 
Methods inherited from interface com.soyatec.bpmn.ProcessObject
getCategories, getDocumentation, getIncomingEdges, getOutgoingEdges, setDocumentation
 
Methods inherited from interface com.soyatec.bpmn.BPMNObject
getChildren
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject
eAllContents, eClass, eContainer, eContainingFeature, eContainmentFeature, eContents, eCrossReferences, eGet, eGet, eIsProxy, eIsSet, eResource, eSet, eUnset
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
eAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliver
 

Method Detail

getDirection

Direction getDirection()
Returns the value of the 'Direction' attribute. The default value is "None". The literals are from the enumeration Direction.

If the meaning of the 'Direction' attribute isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here...

Returns:
the value of the 'Direction' attribute.
See Also:
Direction, BPMNPackage.getAssociation_Direction()

isTextAssociation

boolean isTextAssociation()
Return true if the source or target is a TextAnnotation

Returns:

isDataObjectAssociation

boolean isDataObjectAssociation()
Return true if the source or target is a DataObject and another element is kind of FlowObject

Returns:

isDataObjectConnection

boolean isDataObjectConnection()
Return true if the source or target is a DataObject and another element is kind of ConnectingObject such as SequenceFlow or MessageFlow

Returns:

isCompensationAssociation

boolean isCompensationAssociation()
Return true if the source is a compensation intermediate event and target element is Activity

Returns: