org.palladiosimulator.pcm.seff

Interface SetVariableAction

All Superinterfaces:

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

All Known Implementing Classes:

SetVariableActionImpl

public interface SetVariableAction
extends AbstractInternalControlFlowAction

A representation of the model object 'Set Variable Action '. Set Variable Action Assigns a variable characterisation to an OUT parameter, INOUT parameter, or return value of the service. It ensures that performance-relevant output parameter characterisations of a component service are specified to use them to parameterise the calling RDSEFF. A SetVariableAction must only use output parameters on the left hand side of the assignment and must not use input parameter or local variable names, because input parameters cannot be returned and local names should not be exposed to adhere the black box principle. The action is only intended to allow proper data flow modelling (i.e., output parameter passing) between different component services, but not to reveal additional internals of the service the current RDSEFF models. Thus, the assigned characterisation is not accessible in subsequent actions of the current RDSEFF. Notice, that the stochastic expression used in this assignment must characterise the result of the whole computation of the current service. For non-trivial components, this requires a substantial stochastic approximation based on manual abstraction. However, recall that not the actual result of a component service needs to be specified, but only its performance-relevant attributes. For example, to model the return value of a component service compressing a file, using its file size divided by the compression factor as the stochastic expression is usually sufficient, while the value of the compressed file is not of interest in a performance model. Multiple SetVariableActions assigning to the same output parameter might occur at different locations of the control flow in an RDSEFF. In the case of sequences, loops, and fork, the last assignment overwrites the former assignments and gets transferred back to the calling RDSEFF. Therefore, analysis tools may ignore the former assignments. In the case of using a SetVariableAction in two different branches of a BranchAction, only the assignment in the chosen branch is valid and gets transferred back to the caller.

The following features are supported:

• Local Variable Usages Set Variable Action

See Also:

SeffPackage.getSetVariableAction()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static String	copyright

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
EList<VariableUsage>	getLocalVariableUsages_SetVariableAction() Returns the value of the 'Local Variable Usages Set Variable Action' containment reference list.

Methods inherited from interface org.palladiosimulator.pcm.seff.AbstractInternalControlFlowAction

getInfrastructureCall__Action, getResourceCall__Action, getResourceDemand_Action

Methods inherited from interface org.palladiosimulator.pcm.seff.AbstractAction

getPredecessor_AbstractAction, getResourceDemandingBehaviour_AbstractAction, getSuccessor_AbstractAction, setPredecessor_AbstractAction, setResourceDemandingBehaviour_AbstractAction, setSuccessor_AbstractAction

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.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 org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier

eAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliver

Field Detail

copyright

static final String copyright

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Generated class or method.

Method Detail

getLocalVariableUsages_SetVariableAction

EList<VariableUsage> getLocalVariableUsages_SetVariableAction()

Returns the value of the 'Local Variable Usages Set Variable Action' containment reference list. The list contents are of type VariableUsage. It is bidirectional and its opposite is ' Set Variable Action Variable Usage'.

If the meaning of the 'Local Variable Usages Set Variable Action' containment reference list isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here...

Returns:

the value of the 'Local Variable Usages Set Variable Action' containment reference list.

See Also:

SeffPackage.getSetVariableAction_LocalVariableUsages_SetVariableAction(), VariableUsage.getSetVariableAction_VariableUsage()

Generated class or method.

EMF model class or method.

opposite="setVariableAction_VariableUsage" containment="true" ordered="false"