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/*
 * Copyright (c) 2005, 2011 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
 *   Kenn Hussey (CEA) - 327039
 *
 * $Id: PartDecomposition.java,v 1.5 2007/04/25 17:47:04 khussey Exp $
 */
package org.eclipse.uml2.uml;

import java.util.Map;

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

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Part Decomposition</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * A part decomposition is a description of the internal interactions of one lifeline relative to an interaction.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 *
 * @see org.eclipse.uml2.uml.UMLPackage#getPartDecomposition()
 * @model
 * @generated
 */
public interface PartDecomposition
		extends InteractionUse {

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * PartDecompositions apply only to Parts that are Parts of Internal Structures not to Parts of Collaborations.
	 * true
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validatePartsOfInternalStructures(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Assume that within Interaction X, Lifeline L is of class C and decomposed to D. Within X there is a sequence of constructs along L (such constructs are CombinedFragments, InteractionUse and (plain) OccurrenceSpecifications). Then a corresponding sequence of constructs must appear within D, matched one-to-one in the same order. i) CombinedFragment covering L are matched with an extra-global CombinedFragment in D ii) An InteractionUse covering L are matched with a global (i.e. covering all Lifelines) InteractionUse in D. iii) A plain OccurrenceSpecification on L is considered an actualGate that must be matched by a formalGate of D
	 * true
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateAssume(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

	/**
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * Assume that within Interaction X, Lifeline L is of class C and decomposed to D. Assume also that there is within X an InteractionUse (say) U that covers L. According to the constraint above U will have a counterpart CU within D. Within the Interaction referenced by U, L should also be decomposed, and the decomposition should reference CU. (This rule is called commutativity of decomposition)
	 * true
	 * @param diagnostics The chain of diagnostics to which problems are to be appended.
	 * @param context The cache of context-specific information.
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @model
	 * @generated
	 */
	boolean validateCommutativityOfDecomposition(DiagnosticChain diagnostics,
			Map<Object, Object> context);

} // PartDecomposition