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:

• Direction

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: