/**
* remove the specific association from the vector fromAssociation that
*
* <p>have the ManagedElement element as a "from"
*
* @param the ManagedElement that represents the "from" into the Association
* @return true if association is removed from the vector, false otherwise
*/
public boolean removeFromAssociationByElement(ManagedElement element) {
for (Association assoc : fromAssociations)
if (assoc.getFrom().equals(element)) {
return removeFromAssociation(assoc);
}
return false;
}
/**
* Returns the firsts Association from fromAssociations that matches with association type and
* have the ManagedElement element as "from" element
*
* @param clazz specific Association.class
* @param element that represents the "from"
* @return Association of type clazz that have I as a "to" and the element as "from"
*/
public Association getFirstFromAssociationByTypeAndElement(
Class<? extends Association> clazz, ManagedElement element) {
for (Association assoc : fromAssociations)
if (clazz.isInstance(assoc)) if (assoc.getFrom().equals(element)) return assoc;
return null;
}
/**
* Returns the firsts ManagedElement that represents the "from" of the fromAssociations that match
* with association type
*
* @param specific Association.class
* @return ManagedElement that represents the "from" of the fromAssociations
*/
public ManagedElement getFirstFromAssociatedElementByType(Class<? extends Association> clazz) {
ManagedElement element = null;
for (Association assoc : fromAssociations) {
if (clazz.isInstance(assoc)) return assoc.getFrom();
}
return element;
}
/**
* Returns the list of ManagedElement that represents the "from" of the fromAssociations, that
* match with association type
*
* @param specific Association.class
* @return list of ManagedElement that represents the "from" of the fromAssociations
*/
public List<? extends ManagedElement> getFromAssociatedElementsByType(
Class<? extends Association> clazz) {
List<ManagedElement> elements = new LinkedList<ManagedElement>();
for (Association assoc : fromAssociations) {
if (clazz.isInstance(assoc)) elements.add(assoc.getFrom());
}
return elements;
}
/**
* Returns the firsts Association from fromAssociations that have the ManagedElement element as
* "from" element
*
* @param element that represents the "from"
* @return Association that have I as a "to" and the element as "from"
*/
public Association getFromAssociationByElement(ManagedElement element) {
for (Association assoc : fromAssociations) if (assoc.getFrom().equals(element)) return assoc;
return null;
}
