Reference (Camunda Platform Javadocs 7.16.18-ee)

Type Parameters:

T - the type of the referenced element

All Known Subinterfaces:

AttributeReference<T>, ElementReference<Target,Source>, ElementReferenceCollection<Target,Source>

All Known Implementing Classes:

AttributeReferenceCollection, AttributeReferenceImpl, CmmnAttributeElementReferenceCollection, ElementReferenceCollectionImpl, ElementReferenceImpl, IdsElementReferenceCollectionImpl, QNameAttributeReferenceImpl, QNameElementReferenceCollectionImpl, QNameElementReferenceImpl, ReferenceImpl, UriElementReferenceCollectionImpl, UriElementReferenceImpl
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public interface Reference<T extends ModelElementInstance>
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Author:

Sebastian Menski

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`java.util.Collection<ModelElementInstance>`	`findReferenceSourceElements(ModelElementInstance referenceTargetElement)`	Find all reference source element instances of the reference target model element instance
`java.lang.String`	`getReferenceIdentifier(ModelElementInstance referenceSourceElement)`	Get the reference identifier which is set in the reference source
`ModelElementType`	`getReferenceSourceElementType()`
`Attribute<java.lang.String>`	`getReferenceTargetAttribute()`
`T`	`getReferenceTargetElement(ModelElementInstance modelElement)`
`void`	`setReferenceTargetElement(ModelElementInstance referenceSourceElement, T referenceTargetElement)`

- Method Detail
  - getReferenceIdentifier
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java.lang.String getReferenceIdentifier(ModelElementInstance referenceSourceElement)
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    Get the reference identifier which is set in the reference source
    
    Parameters:
    
    referenceSourceElement - the reference source model element instance
    
    Returns:
    
    the reference identifier
  - getReferenceTargetElement
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T getReferenceTargetElement(ModelElementInstance modelElement)
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  - setReferenceTargetElement
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void setReferenceTargetElement(ModelElementInstance referenceSourceElement,
                               T referenceTargetElement)
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  - getReferenceTargetAttribute
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Attribute<java.lang.String> getReferenceTargetAttribute()
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  - findReferenceSourceElements
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java.util.Collection<ModelElementInstance> findReferenceSourceElements(ModelElementInstance referenceTargetElement)
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    Find all reference source element instances of the reference target model element instance
    
    Parameters:
    
    referenceTargetElement - the reference target model element instance
    
    Returns:
    
    the collection of all reference source element instances
  - getReferenceSourceElementType
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ModelElementType getReferenceSourceElementType()
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    Returns:
    
    the ModelElementType of the source element.