Characteristic

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.emf.cdo.CDOObject, org.eclipse.emf.cdo.common.id.CDOWithID, org.palladiosimulator.pcm.core.entity.Entity, EObject, de.uka.ipd.sdq.identifier.Identifier, org.palladiosimulator.pcm.core.entity.NamedElement, Notifier, org.palladiosimulator.pcm.PCMBaseClass, org.palladiosimulator.pcm.PCMClass

All Known Subinterfaces:

DataTypeCharacteristic, EnumCharacteristic

All Known Implementing Classes:

CharacteristicImpl, DataTypeCharacteristicImpl, EnumCharacteristicImpl
```
public interface Characteristic<CT extends org.palladiosimulator.dataflow.dictionary.characterized.DataDictionaryCharacterized.CharacteristicType>
extends org.palladiosimulator.pcm.core.entity.Entity
```
A representation of the model object 'Characteristic'. Abstract characteristic of a certain type. Subclasses have to define the assignment of values. Assigning a value means that this value is valid for the entity.
The following features are supported:
- Type
See Also:

CharacteristicsPackage.getCharacteristic()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

abstract="true"

Field Summary
- Fields inherited from interface org.palladiosimulator.pcm.core.entity.Entity
  copyright

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`CT`	`getType()`	Returns the value of the 'Type' reference.
`void`	`setType(CT value)`	Sets the value of the '`Type`' reference.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.cdo.CDOObject
cdoConflict, cdoDirectResource, cdoHistory, cdoID, cdoInvalid, cdoLockState, cdoPermission, cdoPrefetch, cdoReadLock, cdoReload, cdoResource, cdoRevision, cdoRevision, cdoState, cdoView, cdoWriteLock, cdoWriteOption

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject
eAllContents, eClass, eContainer, eContainingFeature, eContainmentFeature, eContents, eCrossReferences, eGet, eGet, eInvoke, eIsProxy, eIsSet, eResource, eSet, eUnset

Methods inherited from interface de.uka.ipd.sdq.identifier.Identifier
getId, setId

Methods inherited from interface org.palladiosimulator.pcm.core.entity.NamedElement
getEntityName, setEntityName

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
eAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliver

- Method Detail
  - getType
```
CT getType()
```
    Returns the value of the 'Type' reference.
    
    Returns:
    
    the value of the 'Type' reference.
    
    See Also:
    
    setType(CharacteristicType), CharacteristicsPackage.getCharacteristic_Type()
    
    Generated class or method.
    
    EMF model class or method.
    
    required="true"
  - setType
```
void setType(CT value)
```
    Sets the value of the 'Type' reference.
    
    Parameters:
    
    value - the new value of the 'Type' reference.
    
    See Also:
    
    getType()
    
    Generated class or method.