org.eclipse.papyrus.sysml14.blocks

Interface Block

All Superinterfaces:

org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject, org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier

All Known Subinterfaces:

ConstraintBlock, InterfaceBlock

All Known Implementing Classes:

BlockCustomImpl, BlockImpl, ConstraintBlockCustomImpl, ConstraintBlockImpl, InterfaceBlockImpl

public interface Block
extends org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject

A representation of the model object 'Block'. A Block is a modular unit that describes the structure of a system or element. It may include both structural and behavioral features, such as properties and operations, that represent the state of the system and behavior that the system may exhibit. Some of these properties may hold parts of a system, which can also be described by blocks. A block may include a structure of connectors between its properties to indicate how its parts or other properties relate to one another. SysML blocks provide a general-purpose capability to describe the architecture of a system. They provide the ability to represent a system hierarchy, in which a system at one level is composed of systems at a more basic level. They can describe not only the connectivity relationships between the systems at any level, but also quantitative values or other information about a system. SysML does not restrict the kind of system or system element that may be described by a block. Any reusable form of description that may be applied to a system or a set of system characteristics may be described by a block. Such reusable descriptions, for example, may be applied to purely conceptual aspects of a system design, such as relationships that hold between parts or properties of a system. Connectors owned by SysML blocks may be used to define relationships between parts or other properties of the same containing block. The type of a connector or its connected ends may specify the semantic interpretation of a specific connector.

The following features are supported:

• Base Class
• Is Encapsulated

See Also:

BlocksPackage.getBlock()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class	getBase_Class() Returns the value of the 'Base Class' reference.
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property>	getFlowProperties()
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property>	getParts()
org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property>	getReferences()
boolean	isEncapsulated() Returns the value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute.
void	setBase_Class(org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class value) Sets the value of the 'Base Class' reference.
void	setIsEncapsulated(boolean value) Sets the value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute.

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

Method Detail

getBase_Class

org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class getBase_Class()

Returns the value of the 'Base Class' reference.

If the meaning of the 'Base Class' reference isn't clear, there really should be more of a description here...

Returns:

the value of the 'Base Class' reference.

See Also:

setBase_Class(org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class), BlocksPackage.getBlock_Base_Class()

setBase_Class

void setBase_Class(org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Class value)

Sets the value of the 'Base Class' reference.

Parameters:

value - the new value of the 'Base Class' reference.

See Also:

getBase_Class()

isEncapsulated

boolean isEncapsulated()

Returns the value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute. If true, then the block is treated as a black box; a part typed by this black box can only be connected via its ports or directly to its outer boundary. If false, or if a value is not present, then connections can be established to elements of its internal structure via deep-nested connector ends.

Returns:

the value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute.

See Also:

setIsEncapsulated(boolean), BlocksPackage.getBlock_IsEncapsulated()

setIsEncapsulated

void setIsEncapsulated(boolean value)

Sets the value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute.

Parameters:

value - the new value of the 'Is Encapsulated' attribute.

See Also:

isEncapsulated()

getReferences

org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property> getReferences()

getParts

org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property> getParts()

getFlowProperties

org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList<org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Property> getFlowProperties()