org.eclipse.uml2
Interface Actor

All Superinterfaces:
Classifier, Element, EModelElement, EObject, NamedElement, Namespace, Notifier, PackageableElement, ParameterableElement, RedefinableElement, TemplateableElement, Type

public interface Actor
extends Classifier

A representation of the model object 'Actor'. An Actor models a type of role played by an entity that interacts with the subject (e.g., by exchanging signals and data), but which is external to the subject (i.e., in the sense that an instance of an actor is not a part of the instance of its corresponding subject). Actors may represent roles played by human users, external hardware, or other subjects. Note that an actor does not necessarily represent a specific physical entity but merely a particular facet (i.e., �role�) of some entity that is relevant to the specification of its associated use cases. Thus, a single physical instance may play the role of several different actors and, conversely, a given actor may be played by multiple different instances. Since an actor is external to the subject, it is typically defined in the same classifier or package that incorporates the subject classifier.

See Also:
UML2Package.getActor()

Field Summary
static String copyright
           
 
Fields inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.NamedElement
SEPARATOR
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.Classifier
allFeatures, allParents, conformsTo, createGeneralization, createGeneralization, createOccurrence, createOwnedUseCase, createSubstitution, general, getAttribute, getAttributes, getClientDependencies, getFeature, getFeatures, getGeneral, getGeneralizations, getGenerals, getInheritedMember, getInheritedMembers, getMembers, getOccurrence, getOccurrences, getOwnedElements, getOwnedMembers, getOwnedUseCase, getOwnedUseCases, getPowertypeExtent, getPowertypeExtents, getRedefinedClassifier, getRedefinedClassifiers, getRedefinedElements, getRepresentation, getSubstitution, getSubstitutions, getUseCase, getUseCases, getUsedInterfaces, hasVisibilityOf, inherit, inheritableMembers, inheritedMember, isAbstract, maySpecializeType, parents, setIsAbstract, setRepresentation, validateGeneralEqualsParents, validateInheritedMember, validateNoCyclesInGeneralization, validateSpecializeType
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.Namespace
createElementImport, createOwnedRule, createPackageImport, excludeCollisions, getElementImports, getImportedMember, getImportedMembers, getImportedPackages, getMember, getNamesOfMember, getOwnedRule, getOwnedRules, getPackageImports, importedMember, importElement, importMembers, importPackage, membersAreDistinguishable, validateImportedMemberDerived, validateMembersAreDistinguishable
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.NamedElement
allNamespaces, createNameExpression, getClientDependency, getName, getNameExpression, getNamespace, getOwner, getQualifiedName, getVisibility, isDistinguishableFrom, qualifiedName, separator, setName, setNameExpression, setVisibility, validateNoName, validateQualifiedName, validateVisibilityNeedsOwnership
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.TemplateableElement
createOwnedTemplateSignature, createTemplateBinding, getOwnedTemplateSignature, getTemplateBindings, parameterableElements, setOwnedTemplateSignature
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.Element
addKeyword, allOwnedElements, apply, createEAnnotation, createOwnedComment, destroy, getApplicableStereotype, getApplicableStereotypes, getAppliedStereotype, getAppliedStereotypes, getAppliedVersion, getKeywords, getModel, getNearestPackage, getOwnedComments, getValue, hasKeyword, isApplied, isRequired, mustBeOwned, removeKeyword, setValue, unapply, validateHasOwner, validateNotOwnSelf
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EModelElement
getEAnnotation, getEAnnotations
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EObject
eAllContents, eClass, eContainer, eContainingFeature, eContainmentFeature, eContents, eCrossReferences, eGet, eGet, eIsProxy, eIsSet, eResource, eSet, eUnset
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.emf.common.notify.Notifier
eAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliver
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.Type
conformsTo, createAssociation, getNamespace, getPackage
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.PackageableElement
getPackageableElement_visibility, getVisibility, setPackageableElement_visibility, setVisibility
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.ParameterableElement
getOwner, getOwningParameter, getTemplateParameter, setOwningParameter, setTemplateParameter
 
Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.uml2.RedefinableElement
getRedefinitionContext, getRedefinitionContexts, isConsistentWith, isLeaf, isRedefinitionContextValid, setIsLeaf, validateRedefinitionConsistent, validateRedefinitionContextValid
 

Field Detail

copyright

public static final String copyright

See Also:
Constant Field Values

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