CompDef (DMX 5.3.5-SNAPSHOT API)

All Superinterfaces:

Assoc, DMXObject, Identifiable, JSONEnabled
```
public interface CompDef
extends Assoc
```
A composition definition of a parent type and a child type -- part of DMX's type system.
The parent type is either a TopicType or an AssocType. The child type is always a TopicType.

Author:

Jörg Richter

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`String`	`getChildCardinalityUri()`
`String`	`getChildTypeUri()`
`String`	`getCompDefUri()`
`String`	`getCustomAssocTypeUri()`
`String`	`getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri()`
`CompDefModel`	`getModel()`
`String`	`getParentTypeUri()`
`ViewConfig`	`getViewConfig()`
`void`	`setChildCardinalityUri(String childCardinalityUri)`
`void`	`update(CompDefModel model)`

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.Assoc
getDMXObject1, getDMXObject2, getDMXObjectByRole, getDMXObjectByType, getOtherPlayerId, getPlayer1, getPlayer2, getPlayerByRole, hasSameRoleTypeUris, matches, playerCount

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.DMXObject
checkWriteAccess, delete, getAssoc, getAssocs, getChildTopics, getDatabaseVendorObject, getId, getProperty, getRelatedAssoc, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedAssocs, getRelatedTopic, getRelatedTopics, getRelatedTopics, getSimpleValue, getType, getTypeUri, getUri, hasProperty, loadChildTopics, loadChildTopics, removeProperty, setProperty, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setSimpleValue, setTypeUri, setUri, update, update, updateChildTopics

Methods inherited from interface systems.dmx.core.JSONEnabled
dump, toJSON

- Method Detail
  - getCompDefUri
```
String getCompDefUri()
```
  - getParentTypeUri
```
String getParentTypeUri()
```
  - getChildTypeUri
```
String getChildTypeUri()
```
  - getCustomAssocTypeUri
```
String getCustomAssocTypeUri()
```
    Returns:
    
    The custom association type, or null if not set.
  - getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri
```
String getInstanceLevelAssocTypeUri()
```
    Returns:
    
    The type to be used to create an association instance based on this comp def. That is the custom association type if set, otherwise dmx.core.composition. Is never null.
  - getChildCardinalityUri
```
String getChildCardinalityUri()
```
  - setChildCardinalityUri
```
void setChildCardinalityUri(String childCardinalityUri)
```
  - getViewConfig
```
ViewConfig getViewConfig()
```
  - update
```
void update(CompDefModel model)
```
  - getModel
```
CompDefModel getModel()
```
    Specified by:
    
    getModel in interface Assoc
    
    Specified by:
    
    getModel in interface DMXObject