com.ashridgetech.jamda.uml
Class StandardTypeDef

java.lang.Object
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  +--com.ashridgetech.jamda.uml.StandardElementDef
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        +--com.ashridgetech.jamda.uml.StandardTypeDef

Direct Known Subclasses:

StandardClassDef, StandardDataTypeDef, StandardInterfaceDef

public abstract class StandardTypeDef

extends StandardElementDef

Abstract baseclass for classes which define a standard Type that is required in a Model.

Author:

PBoocock

Constructor Summary

protected

StandardTypeDef(java.lang.String name) Called by subclasses.

Method Summary

abstract Type	getType(Model model) Must be implemented by subclasses to get the Type required by this definition from a given Model.
java.lang.String	getTypeName() Get the full name of the Type required.
boolean	hasElement(Model model) Check whether the Type required by this definition is present in a given Model.

Methods inherited from class com.ashridgetech.jamda.uml.StandardElementDef

createElement, getDescription

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

StandardTypeDef

protected StandardTypeDef(java.lang.String name)

Called by subclasses.

Parameters:

name - the full name of the Type

Method Detail

getTypeName

public java.lang.String getTypeName()

Get the full name of the Type required.

Returns:

the name

hasElement

public boolean hasElement(Model model)

Check whether the Type required by this definition is present in a given Model.

Specified by:

hasElement in class StandardElementDef

Parameters:

model - the Model in which the check is to be performed

Returns:

true if the Type is present

getType

public abstract Type getType(Model model)

Must be implemented by subclasses to get the Type required by this definition from a given Model.

Parameters:

model - the Model in which the Type is to be found

Returns:

the Type