# The container class of a Nit object-oriented model.
# A model knows modules, classes and properties and can retrieve them.
class Model
+ super MEntity
end
# A named and possibly documented entity in the model.
# A Model Entity has a direct link to its model
fun model: Model is abstract
+
+ # The indication that the entity did not pass some semantic verifications.
+ #
+ # This simple flag is set by a given analysis to say that the entity is broken and unusable in
+ # an execution.
+ # When an entity status is set to broken, it is usually associated with a error message.
+ #
+ # If it is safe to do so, clients of the model SHOULD just skip broken entities in their processing.
+ # Clients that do not care about the executability (e.g. metrics) MAY still process the entity or
+ # perform specific checks to determinate the validity of the entity.
+ #
+ # Note that the broken status is not propagated to enclosing and enclosed entities.
+ # e.g. a broken method does not make the whole module broken.
+ var is_broken = false is writable
+
+ # Is `self` created for internal purpose?
+ #
+ # Fictive entities are used internally but they should not be
+ # exposed to the final user.
+ var is_fictive: Bool = false is writable
end
# Something that represents a concern