/**
 * Copyright (c) 2008, 2015 IBM Corporation and others.
 *
 * This program and the accompanying materials
 * are made available under the terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0
 * which accompanies this distribution, and is available at
 * https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/
 *
 * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
 *
 * Contributors:
 *      IBM Corporation - initial API and implementation
 */
package org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Map;
import org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.IEclipseContext;

/**
 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
 * A representation of the model object '<em><b>Context</b></em>'.
 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
 *
 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
 * <p>
 * This class is mixed into a UI element when that element is expected to participate
 * in the Dependency Injection context hierarchy. The context life-cycle matches
 * that of the rendered element it belongs to. It's automatically created when the
 * element is rendered and disposed when the element is unrendered.
 * </p>
 * @since 1.0
 * @noimplement This interface is not intended to be implemented by clients.
 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
 *
 * <p>
 * The following features are supported:
 * </p>
 * <ul>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MContext#getContext <em>Context</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MContext#getVariables <em>Variables</em>}</li>
 *   <li>{@link org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MContext#getProperties <em>Properties</em>}</li>
 * </ul>
 *
 * @model interface="true" abstract="true"
 * @generated
 */
public interface MContext {
	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Context</b></em>' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * This attribute is a reference to the IEclipseContext for this UI element. It will be 
	 * non-null only when the element is rendered.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Context</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #setContext(IEclipseContext)
	 * @model dataType="org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.IEclipseContext" transient="true" derived="true"
	 * @generated
	 */
	IEclipseContext getContext();

	/**
	 * Sets the value of the '{@link org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.ui.MContext#getContext <em>Context</em>}' attribute.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * @param value the new value of the '<em>Context</em>' attribute.
	 * @see #getContext()
	 * @generated
	 */
	void setContext(IEclipseContext value);

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Variables</b></em>' attribute list.
	 * The list contents are of type {@link java.lang.String}.
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Developers</strong>:
	 * Add more detailed documentation by editing this comment in 
	 * org.eclipse.ui.model.workbench/model/UIElements.ecore. 
	 * There is a GenModel/documentation node under each type and attribute.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Variables</em>' attribute list.
	 * @model ordered="false"
	 * @generated
	 */
	List<String> getVariables();

	/**
	 * Returns the value of the '<em><b>Properties</b></em>' map.
	 * The key is of type {@link java.lang.String},
	 * and the value is of type {@link java.lang.String},
	 * <!-- begin-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- end-user-doc -->
	 * <!-- begin-model-doc -->
	 * <p>
	 * <strong>Developers</strong>:
	 * Add more detailed documentation by editing this comment in 
	 * org.eclipse.ui.model.workbench/model/UIElements.ecore. 
	 * There is a GenModel/documentation node under each type and attribute.
	 * </p>
	 * <!-- end-model-doc -->
	 * @return the value of the '<em>Properties</em>' map.
	 * @model mapType="org.eclipse.e4.ui.model.application.StringToStringMap&lt;org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EString, org.eclipse.emf.ecore.EString&gt;"
	 * @generated
	 */
	Map<String, String> getProperties();

} // MContext
