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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2007 IBM Corporation and others.
 * All rights reserved.   This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Contributors:
 *   IBM - initial API and implementation
 *
 * $Id: ChangeEvent.java,v 1.7 2007/10/23 16:12:32 jbruck Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EClass;

/**
 * 
 * A representation of the model object 'Change Event'.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * A change event models a change in the system configuration that makes a condition true.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The following features are supported:
 * 

 *   {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ChangeEvent#getChangeExpression Change Expression}
 * 
 * 
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getChangeEvent()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface ChangeEvent
		extends Event {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the 'Change Expression' containment reference.
	 * 
	 * This feature subsets the following features:
	 * 

	 *   '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.Element#getOwnedElements() Owned Element}'
	 * 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * A Boolean-valued expression that will result in a change event whenever its value changes from false to true.
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the 'Change Expression' containment reference.
	 * @see #setChangeExpression(ValueSpecification)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getChangeEvent_ChangeExpression()
	 * @model containment="true" resolveProxies="true" required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	ValueSpecification getChangeExpression();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ChangeEvent#getChangeExpression Change Expression}' containment reference.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param value the new value of the 'Change Expression' containment reference.
	 * @see #getChangeExpression()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setChangeExpression(ValueSpecification value);

	/**
	 * Creates a new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ValueSpecification}, with the specified 'Name', and 'Type', and sets the 'Change Expression' containment reference.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param name The 'Name' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ValueSpecification}, or null.
	 * @param type The 'Type' for the new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ValueSpecification}, or null.
	 * @param eClass The Ecore class of the {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ValueSpecification} to create.
	 * @return The new {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.ValueSpecification}.
	 * @see #getChangeExpression()
	 * @generated
	 */
	ValueSpecification createChangeExpression(String name, Type type,
			EClass eClass);

} // ChangeEvent