/*
 *
 * This source file belongs to the MDD4SOA suite developed at the Institute of 
 * Computer Science, Programming and Software Engineering, of the Ludwig-Maximilians-
 * Universität München, Germany. 
 * 
 * http://www.pst.ifi.lmu.de/
 * http://www.mdd4soa.eu/
 *
 * See the enclosed LICENSE file for licensing information.
 *
 */
package de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type;

import java.util.List;

import org.eclipse.emf.common.util.EList;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> A representation of the model object '
 * <em><b>Structure Type</b></em>'. <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.StructureType#getAttributes <em>Attributes</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.StructureType#getSuperStructure <em>Super Structure</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 * </p>
 *
 * @see de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.TypePackage#getStructureType()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface StructureType extends Type {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Attributes</b></em>' reference list. The
	 * list contents are of type
	 * {@link de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.Attribute}. <!--
	 * begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Attributes</em>' reference list isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Attributes</em>' reference list.
	 * @see de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.TypePackage#getStructureType_Attributes()
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	EList<Attribute> getAttributes();

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Super Structure</b></em>' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * If the meaning of the '<em>Super Structure</em>' reference isn't clear,
	 * there really should be more of a description here...
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Super Structure</em>' reference.
	 * @see #setSuperStructure(StructureType)
	 * @see de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.TypePackage#getStructureType_SuperStructure()
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	StructureType getSuperStructure();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link de.lmu.ifi.pst.mdd4soa.transform.impl.iom.type.StructureType#getSuperStructure <em>Super Structure</em>}' reference.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc --> <!--
	 * end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Super Structure</em>' reference.
	 * @see #getSuperStructure()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setSuperStructure(StructureType value);

	/**
	 * Query over all directly owned attributes and all inherited attributes.
	 * 
	 * The returned List must not be modified.
	 * 
	 * @return List of attributes both of this structure type and it's parent's 
	 */
	List<Attribute> getAllAttributes();

} // StructureType
