Package org.palladiosimulator.pcm.repository

Interface Signature

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Subinterfaces:

EventType, InfrastructureSignature, OperationSignature

All Known Implementing Classes:

EventTypeImpl, InfrastructureSignatureImpl, OperationSignatureImpl, SignatureImpl

public interface Signature
extends Entity

A representation of the model object 'Signature'.

This entity represents the signature of a method, i.e., its parameters, exception declarations, return type, etc.

Every service of an interface has a unique signature, like void doSomething(int a). A PCM signature is comparable to a method signature in programming languages like C#, Java or the OMG IDL.

It contains:

* A type of the return value or void (no return value),

* an identifier naming the service,

* an ordered set of parameters (0..*).Each parameter is a tuple of a datatype and an identifier (which is unique across the parameters). Additionally, the modifiers in, out, and inout (with its OMG
IDL semantics) can be used for parameters, and

* an unordered set of exceptions.

A signature has to be unique for an interface through the tupel (identifier, order of parameters). An interface has a list of 1..* signatures (interfaces associate 1..* signatures, not the other way around). A
signature is assigned to exactly one interface. However, different interfaces can define equally named signatures. If, for example, void doIt() is defined for interface A and B, void doIt() is not identical in both interfaces.

Failure that may occur inside external services must be specified at the service signatures. This way components that use this services may implement failure handling without knowing the internal behaviour of the connected component.

The following features are supported:

• Exceptions Signature
• Failure Type

See Also:

• RepositoryPackage.getSignature()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

abstract="true"

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field	Description
static final String	copyright

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
EList<ExceptionType>	getExceptions__Signature()	Returns the value of the 'Exceptions Signature' containment reference list.
EList<FailureType>	getFailureType()	Returns the value of the 'Failure Type' reference list.

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

Field Details

copyright

static final String copyright

See Also:

• Constant Field Values

Generated class or method.

Method Details

getExceptions__Signature

EList<ExceptionType> getExceptions__Signature()

Returns the value of the 'Exceptions Signature' containment reference list. The list contents are of type ExceptionType. This property represents the list of exceptions declared by this signature.

Returns:

the value of the 'Exceptions Signature' containment reference list.

See Also:

• RepositoryPackage.getSignature_Exceptions__Signature()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

containment="true" ordered="false"

getFailureType

EList<FailureType> getFailureType()

Returns the value of the 'Failure Type' reference list. The list contents are of type FailureType. Optional specification of failure types that can happen on execution of the specified service.

Returns:

the value of the 'Failure Type' reference list.

See Also:

• RepositoryPackage.getSignature_FailureType()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

ordered="false"