org.eclipse.emf.ecp.ui.view.swt.reference

Interface AttachmentStrategy

public interface AttachmentStrategy

A DefaultReferenceService customization strategy for attachment of new objects to the model.

Since:

1.16

See Also:

DefaultReferenceService

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static interface	AttachmentStrategy.Provider Specific Bazaar vendor interface for attachment strategies.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static AttachmentStrategy	DEFAULT The default strategy.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	addElementToModel(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject owner, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference reference, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject object) Add a new object to the model.

Field Detail

DEFAULT

static final AttachmentStrategy DEFAULT

The default strategy. It looks for the first compatible containment reference in the owner and adds the object into it, otherwise recursively tries the same with the container. If no suitable owner is found up the containment chain, this strategy adds the new object to the resource.

Method Detail

addElementToModel

boolean addElementToModel(org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject owner,
                          org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EReference reference,
                          org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject object)

Add a new object to the model.

Parameters:

owner - an existing object to which the given object was added in the reference

reference - the reference of the owner to which the object was added

object - the new object to be attached to the model

Returns:

true if the object was attached to the model by this strategy; false, otherwise