org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2
Interface Class

All Superinterfaces:

AlertSender, Auditee, BasicObject, Classifier, Cloneable, ContextCapable, CrxObject, Element, Exporter, ExtentCapable, GeneralizableElement, Importer, Indexed, Namespace, SecureObject, ViewCapable

All Known Subinterfaces:

Class

All Known Implementing Classes:

Class

public interface Class
extends Classifier

Class Class

A Class defines a classification over a set of object instances by defining the behavior they exhibit. This behavior is represented through operations, attributes, references, participation in associations, nested classes, constants, and constraints. Although the same or similar elements are used in other environments for representing Classes and their implementations, in the MOF these elements specify the class characteristics in an implementation-independent manner. For instance, defining a Class as having an attribute does not require the implementation of the Class (the software which provides the conformant behavior) to have an attribute, to hold the attribute value, etc. The implementation simply must insure that the behavior conforms to the definition of the attribute. The use of all the additional elements beyond operations provides a much richer environment for defining Class Behavior. Likewise, this construct is not an interface. Its expressibility goes beyond interface representations. The MOF's IDL translation capabilities map a single Class onto two interfaces. It would be possible to define transformations to alternate interface presentations, such as Java's interfaces.

There are, and probably always will be, divergent views among industry leaders on the definition of the concepts of Class, Type, and Interface. As a domain-specific modeling environment, so long as the MOF is clear about the meaning of Class within the MOF, it should remain immune from such concerns.

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2.Element

Element.Identity

Method Summary

boolean	isSingleton() Retrieves the value for the attribute isSingleton.
void	setSingleton(boolean isSingleton) Sets a new value for the attribute isSingleton.

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2.Classifier

getTypedElement

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2.GeneralizableElement

getSupertype, getVisibility, isAbstract, setAbstract, setVisibility

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2.Namespace

deleteNamespace, getContent

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.model1.cci2.Element

getAnnotation, getContainer, getElementOrder, getName, getQualifiedName, getSegment, getStereotype, setAnnotation, setContainer, setElementOrder, setName, setStereotype

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.generic.cci2.CrxObject

getAdditionalExternalLink, getAttachedDocument, getCategory, getDisabledReason, getDocumentFolderAssignment, getExternalLink, getMedia, getNote, getPropertySet, getPropertySetEntry, getRating, getUserBoolean4, getUserCode0, getUserCode1, getUserCode2, getUserCode3, getUserCode4, getUserDate0, getUserDate1, getUserDate2, getUserDate3, getUserDate4, getUserDateTime0, getUserDateTime1, getUserDateTime2, getUserDateTime3, getUserDateTime4, getUserNumber0, getUserNumber1, getUserNumber2, getUserNumber3, getUserNumber4, getUserString0, getUserString1, getUserString2, getUserString3, getUserString4, isDisabled, isUserBoolean0, isUserBoolean1, isUserBoolean2, isUserBoolean3, setCategory, setDisabled, setDisabledReason, setExternalLink, setUserBoolean0, setUserBoolean1, setUserBoolean2, setUserBoolean3, setUserBoolean4, setUserCode0, setUserCode1, setUserCode2, setUserCode3, setUserCode4, setUserDate0, setUserDate1, setUserDate2, setUserDate3, setUserDate4, setUserDateTime0, setUserDateTime1, setUserDateTime2, setUserDateTime3, setUserDateTime4, setUserNumber0, setUserNumber1, setUserNumber2, setUserNumber3, setUserNumber4, setUserString0, setUserString1, setUserString2, setUserString3, setUserString4

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.AlertSender

sendAlert

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.Auditee

getAudit

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.Cloneable

clone_

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.Exporter

exportItem, exportItemAdvanced

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.Importer

importItem

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.Indexed

getIndexEntry, updateIndex

Methods inherited from interface org.opencrx.kernel.base.cci2.SecureObject

addOwningGroup, checkPermissions, getAccessGrantedByParent, getAccessLevelBrowse, getAccessLevelDelete, getAccessLevelUpdate, getOwner, getOwningGroup, getOwningUser, removeAllOwningGroup, removeOwningGroup, replaceOwningGroup, setAccessLevel, setAccessLevelBrowse, setAccessLevelDelete, setAccessLevelUpdate, setOwningUser, setOwningUser

Methods inherited from interface org.openmdx.base.cci2.BasicObject

getCreatedAt, getCreatedBy, getModifiedAt, getModifiedBy

Methods inherited from interface org.openmdx.base.cci2.ContextCapable

getContext

Methods inherited from interface org.openmdx.base.cci2.ExtentCapable

getIdentity

Methods inherited from interface org.openmdx.compatibility.view1.cci2.ViewCapable

getView

Method Detail

isSingleton

boolean isSingleton()

Retrieves the value for the attribute isSingleton.

When isSingleton is true, at most one M1 level instance of this Class may exist within the M1-level extent of the Class.

Returns:

The non-null value for attribute isSingleton.

setSingleton

void setSingleton(boolean isSingleton)

Sets a new value for the attribute isSingleton.

When isSingleton is true, at most one M1 level instance of this Class may exist within the M1-level extent of the Class.

Parameters:

isSingleton - The non-null new value for attribute isSingleton.