org.eclipse.viatra.query.patternlanguage.emf.scoping

Interface IMetamodelProviderInstance

All Superinterfaces:

IMetamodelProvider

All Known Implementing Classes:

GenModelMetamodelProviderService, MetamodelProviderService, ResourceSetMetamodelProviderService, TargetPlatformMetamodelProviderService

public interface IMetamodelProviderInstance
extends IMetamodelProvider

A single metamodel provider instance, used by the CompoundMetamodelProviderService to delegate the selection of metamodels. The interface extends IMetamodelProvider by priority and name definition.

Since:

1.0

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
java.lang.String	getIdentifier() Get a textual identifier for the metamodel provider instance
int	getPriority() A default priority for the provider instance; a lower number means a higher priority.

Methods inherited from interface org.eclipse.viatra.query.patternlanguage.emf.scoping.IMetamodelProvider

getAllMetamodelObjects, getModelPluginId, getQualifiedClassName, isGeneratedCodeAvailable, loadEPackage

Method Detail

getIdentifier

java.lang.String getIdentifier()

Get a textual identifier for the metamodel provider instance

Returns:

a non-null textual identifier; should be unique over all possible implementations

getPriority

int getPriority()

A default priority for the provider instance; a lower number means a higher priority. The priority may be overriden through CompoundMetamodelProviderService.

Returns:

a non-negative priority number