Interface ModelAnchorIF

All Superinterfaces:

ConfigurableItemIF, IdentifierAble, Serializable, SolutionIF

All Known Implementing Classes:

ModelAnchor, ModelAnchorCustomNavigation, ModelAnchorInnovator, ModelAnchorInnovatorAbsolutePath, ModelAnchorInnovatorAssociation, ModelAnchorInnovatorAssociationEnd, ModelAnchorInnovatorCustomNavigation, ModelAnchorInnovatorSourceTarget, ModelAnchorInnovatorUri, ModelAnchorSelf, ModelAnchorSubStep

public interface ModelAnchorIF
extends SolutionIF

An anchor in the transformation configuration describes the model transformation step generating the mapping elements. It refers to a step from which the target model elements are taken as anchor for this embedding. The mode determines how the anchor is related to the source element.

Version:

11.3.1

Author:

jmback

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
MappingElementList	getTargets(MappingElementIF source, TransformationStepSubStepData subStepData)	Find target elements for this anchor and the given source element.

Methods inherited from interface ConfigurableItemIF

checkConstraints, checkConstraints, getBaseItem, getConfigurableItems, getConfigurationTag, getItem, getKnownParameters, getName, getParentItem, getParentItem, setBaseItem, setConfigurationContext, setConfigurationTag, setParent

Methods inherited from interface IdentifierAble

getId, setId

Methods inherited from interface SolutionIF

execute, getTargetDescription, getTargetValue

Method Details

getTargets

MappingElementList getTargets(MappingElementIF source,
 TransformationStepSubStepData subStepData)
                       throws M2MException,
RemoteException

Find target elements for this anchor and the given source element.

Parameters:

source - source element for the anchor

subStepData - TODO

Returns:

target elements

Throws:

M2MException - exception during search

RemoteException