com.ptc.core.meta.common
Interface AssociationTypeIdentifier

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeTypeIdentifier, DefinitionIdentifier, Identifier, Serializable, TypeIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

com.ptc.core.meta.common.impl.AbstractAssociationTypeIdentifier, InstanceBasedAssociationTypeIdentifier, ModeledAssociationTypeIdentifier

public interface AssociationTypeIdentifier
extends AttributeTypeIdentifier, TypeIdentifier

An Association Type Identifier identifies both a VIRTUAL AttributeType and a Type, i.e. it identifies an AttributeType of Type A and it identifies a referenced Type B.

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

Method Summary

AssociationIdentifier	newAssociationIdentifier(TypeInstanceIdentifier the_context, TypeInstanceIdentifier the_target) Supported API: true
AssociationTypeIdentifier	replaceTail(TypeIdentifier new_tail) Supported API: true

Method Detail

newAssociationIdentifier

AssociationIdentifier newAssociationIdentifier(TypeInstanceIdentifier the_context,
                                               TypeInstanceIdentifier the_target)
                                               throws IllegalFormatException

Supported API: true

Parameters:

the_context -

the_target -

Returns:

AssociationIdentifier

Throws:

IllegalFormatException

replaceTail

AssociationTypeIdentifier replaceTail(TypeIdentifier new_tail)

Supported API: true

Parameters:

new_tail -

Returns:

AssociationTypeIdentifier