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package oisoft.togetherx.scriptapi.UML;

import oisoft.togetherx.scriptapi.UML.enums.*;

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/**
* Presents object = class instance.
* 
* @version  2.1.01  12.03.1998
* @author   Andrei Ivanov                  
* @see UMLClass
*/
public interface UMLObject extends UMLNode 
{
  /** Returns the class which this object instantiates
   * Only classes can be instantiated. 
   * They should be not-abstract, but verification is not performed 
   * in the current version.
   */
  UMLClass                getClassOfInstance();   
  /**
   * @deprecated Not implemented yet.
   */
  UMLAttributeEnumeration getAttributes();
  /** Getting life rectangles of this object in the interaction diagram.
   * This is point to extract then the messages of this object.
   * @see UMLLiferect
   * @return Liferect enumerator
   */
  UMLLiferectEnumeration  getLiferects();
}
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