Package com.ptc.core.meta.common

Interface AssociationIdentifier

All Superinterfaces:

AttributeIdentifier, ElementIdentifier, Identifier, Serializable, TypeInstanceIdentifier

All Known Implementing Classes:

com.ptc.core.meta.common.impl.AbstractAssociationIdentifier, InstanceBasedAssociationIdentifier, ModeledAssociationIdentifier

public interface AssociationIdentifier
extends TypeInstanceIdentifier, AttributeIdentifier

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

Supported API: true

Extendable: false

Field Summary

Fields inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.Identifier

CONTEXT_SEPARATOR, INSTANCE_DATA_SEPARATOR, PROTOCOL_SEPARATOR

Fields inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.TypeInstanceIdentifier

O_REFERENCE, PERSIST_FORM_SEPARATOR, V_REFERENCE

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
AssociationIdentifier	replaceTail(TypeInstanceIdentifier new_tail)	Supported API: true

Methods inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.AttributeIdentifier

getContext, getRootContext, getWithNewContext, getWithTailContext, getWithTrimmedContext, isEquivalentAttributeIdentifier, replace, replace

Methods inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.ElementIdentifier

compareFreshness, getDefinitionIdentifier, getInstanceDataExternalForm, getInstanceIdentifier, getWithNewInstanceIdentifier, isInitialized, isInstanceOf

Methods inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.Identifier

equals, hashCode, toExternalForm

Methods inherited from interface com.ptc.core.meta.common.TypeInstanceIdentifier

getPersistenceIdentifier, isEquivalentTypeInstanceIdentifier

Method Details

replaceTail

AssociationIdentifier replaceTail(TypeInstanceIdentifier new_tail)

Supported API: true

Parameters:

new_tail -

Returns:

AssociationIdentifier