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package org.apache.ambari.server.api.util;

import java.util.Collection;

/**
 * Tree where each node can have a name, properties and an associated object.
 */
public interface TreeNode<T> {
  /**
   * Obtain the parent node or null if this node is the root.
   *
   * @return the parent node or null if this node is the root
   */
  public TreeNode<T> getParent();

  /**
   * Obtain the list of child nodes.
   *
   * @return a list of child nodes or an empty list if a leaf node
   */
  public Collection<TreeNode<T>> getChildren();

  /**
   * Obtain the object associated with this node.
   *
   * @return the object associated with this node or null
   */
  public T getObject();

  /**
   * Obtain the name of the node.
   *
   * @return the name of the node or null
   */
  public String getName();

  /**
   * Set the name of the node.
   *
   * @param name the name to set
   */
  public void setName(String name);

  /**
   * Set the parent node.
   *
   * @param parent the parent node to set
   */
  public void setParent(TreeNode<T> parent);

  /**
   * Add a child node for the provided object.
   *
   * @param child the object associated with the new child node
   * @param name  the name of the child node
   * @return the newly created child node
   */
  public TreeNode<T> addChild(T child, String name);

  /**
   * Add the specified child node.
   *
   * @param child the child node to add
   * @return the added child node
   */
  public TreeNode<T> addChild(TreeNode<T> child);

  /**
   * Remove a child from this resource.
   *
   * @param name  name of child to remove
   *
   * @return the previous value associated with key, or null if there was no mapping for key
   */
  public TreeNode<T> removeChild(String name);

  /**
   * Set a property on the node.
   *
   * @param name  the name of the property
   * @param value the value of the property
   */
  public void setProperty(String name, String value);

  /**
   * Get the specified node property.
   *
   * @param name property name
   * @return the requested property value or null
   */
  public String getProperty(String name);

  /**
   * Remove a property from the node.
   *
   * @param name  name of property to be removed
   */
  public void removeProperty(String name);

  /**
   * Find a child node by name.
   * The name may contain '/' to delimit names to find a child more then one level deep.
   * To find a node named 'bar' that is a child of a child named 'foo', use the name 'foo/bar'.
   *
   * @param name  the name of the child.  May contain the '/' path separator.
   *
   * @return the requested node or null if the child was not found
   */
  public TreeNode<T> getChild(String name);
}
