public interface Junction extends RelationshipConnector
A junction is not an actual relationship in the same sense as the other relationships described in this chapter, but rather a relationship connector.
A junction is used to connect relationships of the same type.
A junction is used in a number of situations to connect relationships of the same type. A junction may have multiple incoming relationships and one outgoing relationship, one incoming relationship and multiple outgoing relationships, or multiple incoming and outgoing relationships (the latter is can be considered a shorthand of two subsequent junctions).
The relationships that can be used in combination with a junction are all the dynamic relationships, as well as assignment, realization, and association. A junction is used to explicitly express that:
A junction should either have:
Junctions used on triggering relationships are similar to gateways in BPMN and forks and joins in UML activity diagrams. They can be used to model high-level process flow.
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static java.lang.String |
MNAME
The metaclass simple name.
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static java.lang.String |
MQNAME
The metaclass qualified name.
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getOwnerFolder, getRelatedFrom, getRelatedFrom, getRelatedTo, getRelatedTo, setOwnerFolderaddStereotype, getAttached, getAttached, getDependsOnDependency, getDependsOnDependency, getDescriptor, getDescriptor, getExtension, getExtension, getImpactDependsOn, getImpactDependsOn, getImpactedDependency, getImpactedDependency, getImpactImpacted, getImpactImpacted, getLocalProperties, getLocalProperty, getMatrix, getMatrix, getName, getNote, getNote, getNote, getNoteContent, getNoteContent, getNoteContent, getProduct, getProduct, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperties, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getProperty, getStereotype, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTag, getTagValue, getTagValue, getTagValue, getTagValues, getTagValues, getTagValues, isStereotyped, isStereotyped, isTagged, isTagged, isTagged, putNoteContent, putNoteContent, putNoteContent, putTagValue, putTagValue, putTagValue, putTagValues, putTagValues, putTagValues, removeNotes, removeNotes, removeNotes, removeStereotypes, removeTags, removeTags, removeTags, setLocalProperties, setLocalProperty, setName, setProperty, setProperty, setProperty, setPropertygetAddedToQuery, getAddedToQuery, getCausedImpact, getCausedImpact, getDiagramElement, getDiagramElementeAllContents, eClass, eContainer, eContainingFeature, eContainmentFeature, eContents, eCrossReferences, eGet, eGet, eInvoke, eIsProxy, eIsSet, eResource, eSet, eUnseteAdapters, eDeliver, eNotify, eSetDeliveraccept, delete, getCompositionChildren, getCompositionOwner, getMClass, getStatus, getUuid, isDeleted, isModifiable, isShell, isValid, mGet, mGet, mSetstatic final java.lang.String MNAME
static final java.lang.String MQNAME