com.nomagic.magicdraw.mapping

Interface AutomaticElementMappingRule

@OpenApiAll
public interface AutomaticElementMappingRule

Rule for describing when source element can be mapped to target element without user input

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
boolean	accept(TypedElement sourceElement) Gets if mapping rule can be applied to source element
Element	getElementToMap(Element sourceElement, java.util.List<Element> targetElements) Get target element to be automatically mapped to the source element.

Method Detail

getElementToMap

@CheckForNull
Element getElementToMap(Element sourceElement,
                                      java.util.List<Element> targetElements)

Get target element to be automatically mapped to the source element. If this method returns an element, provided elements will be mapped at once If this method returns null, user still can pair elements later manually

Parameters:

sourceElement - source element

targetElements - list of candidate target elements. Target elements are always in the same nesting depth as the source element

Returns:

element that can be mapped automatically, without user input, to the source element

accept

boolean accept(TypedElement sourceElement)

Gets if mapping rule can be applied to source element

Parameters:

sourceElement - source element (property)

Returns:

true if rule can be used, else false