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Class Interaction

Namespace
NMF.Interop.Uml
Assembly
NMF.UMLInterop.dll

An Interaction is a unit of Behavior that focuses on the observable exchange of information between connectable elements. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[XmlNamespace("http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/5.0.0/UML")]
[XmlNamespacePrefix("uml")]
[ModelRepresentationClass("http://www.eclipse.org/uml2/5.0.0/UML#//Interaction")]
public class Interaction : Behavior, IInteraction, IInteractionFragment, IBehavior, IClass, IBehavioredClassifier, IEncapsulatedClassifier, IStructuredClassifier, IClassifier, ITemplateableElement, IType, IPackageableElement, IParameterableElement, IRedefinableElement, INamespace, INamedElement, IElement, IEModelElement, IModelElement, INotifyPropertyChanged, INotifyPropertyChanging
Inheritance
Interaction
Implements
Inherited Members

Constructors

Interaction()

Creates a new instance

public Interaction()

Properties

Action

Actions owned by the Interaction. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("action")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
public IOrderedSetExpression<IAction> Action { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<IAction>

Children

Gets the child model elements of this model element

public override IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement> Children { get; }

Property Value

IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement>

ClassInstance

Gets the Class model for this type

public static IClass ClassInstance { get; }

Property Value

IClass

Covered

References the Lifelines that the InteractionFragment involves. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[XmlElementName("covered")]
[XmlAttribute(true)]
[XmlOpposite("coveredBy")]
public ISetExpression<ILifeline> Covered { get; }

Property Value

ISetExpression<ILifeline>

EnclosingInteraction

The Interaction enclosing this InteractionFragment. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("enclosingInteraction")]
[XmlAttribute(true)]
[XmlOpposite("fragment")]
public IInteraction EnclosingInteraction { get; set; }

Property Value

IInteraction

EnclosingOperand

The operand enclosing this InteractionFragment (they may nest recursively). <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("enclosingOperand")]
[XmlAttribute(true)]
[XmlOpposite("fragment")]
public IInteractionOperand EnclosingOperand { get; set; }

Property Value

IInteractionOperand

FormalGate

Specifies the gates that form the message interface between this Interaction and any InteractionUses which reference it. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("formalGate")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
public IOrderedSetExpression<IGate> FormalGate { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<IGate>

Fragment

The ordered set of fragments in the Interaction. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("fragment")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
[XmlOpposite("enclosingInteraction")]
public IOrderedSetExpression<IInteractionFragment> Fragment { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<IInteractionFragment>

GeneralOrdering

The general ordering relationships contained in this fragment. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("generalOrdering")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
public IOrderedSetExpression<IGeneralOrdering> GeneralOrdering { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<IGeneralOrdering>

Lifeline

Specifies the participants in this Interaction. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("lifeline")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
[XmlOpposite("interaction")]
public IOrderedSetExpression<ILifeline> Lifeline { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<ILifeline>

Message

The Messages contained in this Interaction. <p>From package UML::Interactions.</p>

[Browsable(false)]
[XmlElementName("message")]
[XmlAttribute(false)]
[Containment]
[XmlOpposite("interaction")]
public IOrderedSetExpression<IMessage> Message { get; }

Property Value

IOrderedSetExpression<IMessage>

ReferencedElements

Gets the referenced model elements of this model element

public override IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement> ReferencedElements { get; }

Property Value

IEnumerableExpression<IModelElement>

Methods

GetClass()

Gets the Class for this model element

public override IClass GetClass()

Returns

IClass

GetCollectionForFeature(string)

Gets the Model element collection for the given feature

protected override IList GetCollectionForFeature(string feature)

Parameters

feature string

The requested feature

Returns

IList

A non-generic list of elements

GetCompositionName(object)

Gets the property name for the given container

protected override string GetCompositionName(object container)

Parameters

container object

The container object

Returns

string

The name of the respective container reference

GetExpressionForReference(string)

Gets the property expression for the given reference

protected override INotifyExpression<IModelElement> GetExpressionForReference(string reference)

Parameters

reference string

The requested reference in upper case

Returns

INotifyExpression<IModelElement>

An incremental property expression

GetModelElementForReference(string, int)

Resolves the given URI to a child model element

protected override IModelElement GetModelElementForReference(string reference, int index)

Parameters

reference string

The requested reference name

index int

The index of this reference

Returns

IModelElement

The model element or null if it could not be found

GetRelativePathForNonIdentifiedChild(IModelElement)

Gets the relative URI fragment for the given child model element

protected override string GetRelativePathForNonIdentifiedChild(IModelElement element)

Parameters

element IModelElement

The element that should be looked for

Returns

string

A fragment of the relative URI

Not_contained(object, object)

An Interaction instance must not be contained within another Interaction instance. enclosingInteraction->isEmpty()

public bool Not_contained(object diagnostics, object context)

Parameters

diagnostics object

The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.

context object

The cache of context-specific information.

Returns

bool

SetFeature(string, object)

Sets a value to the given feature

protected override void SetFeature(string feature, object value)

Parameters

feature string

The requested feature

value object

The value that should be set to that feature