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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2014 IBM Corporation, CEA, 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
 *   Christian W. Damus (CEA) - 251963
 *   Kenn Hussey (CEA) - 418466
 *
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

import java.util.Map;

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

/**
 * 
 * A representation of the model object 'Variable Action'.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * VariableAction is an abstract class for Actions that operate on a specified Variable.
 * From package UML::Actions.
 * 
 *
 * 
 * The following features are supported:
 * 

 *   {@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.VariableAction#getVariable Variable}
 * 
 * 
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getVariableAction()
 * @model abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface VariableAction
		extends Action {

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the 'Variable' reference.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * The Variable to be read or written.
	 * From package UML::Actions.
	 * 
	 * @return the value of the 'Variable' reference.
	 * @see #setVariable(Variable)
	 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getVariableAction_Variable()
	 * @model required="true" ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Variable getVariable();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.uml2.uml.VariableAction#getVariable Variable}' reference.
	 * 
	 * 
	 * @param value the new value of the 'Variable' reference.
	 * @see #getVariable()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setVariable(Variable value);

	/**
	 * 
	 * 
	 * 
	 * The VariableAction must be in the scope of the variable.
	 * variable.isAccessibleBy(self)
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * 
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateScopeOfVariable(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map context);

} // VariableAction