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package org.apache.hadoop.net;
/** The interface defines a node in a network topology.
* A node may be a leave representing a data node or an inner
* node representing a datacenter or rack.
* Each data has a name and its location in the network is
* decided by a string with syntax similar to a file name.
* For example, a data node's name is hostname:port# and if it's located at
* rack "orange" in datacenter "dog", the string representation of its
* network location is /dog/orange
*/
public interface Node {
/** Return the string representation of this node's network location */
public String getNetworkLocation();
/** Set the node's network location */
public void setNetworkLocation(String location);
/** Return this node's name */
public String getName();
/** Return this node's parent */
public Node getParent();
/** Set this node's parent */
public void setParent(Node parent);
/** Return this node's level in the tree.
* E.g. the root of a tree returns 0 and its children return 1
*/
public int getLevel();
/** Set this node's level in the tree.*/
public void setLevel(int i);
}