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package com.hazelcast.internal.yaml;
/**
* Interface for YAML sequence nodes
*/
public interface YamlSequence extends YamlCollection {
/**
* Gets a child node by its index
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @return the child node with the given index if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
*/
YamlNode child(int index);
/**
* Gets a child mapping node by its index
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @return the child mapping node with the given index if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
*/
YamlMapping childAsMapping(int index);
/**
* Gets a child sequence node by its index
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @return the child sequence node with the given index if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
*/
YamlSequence childAsSequence(int index);
/**
* Gets a child scalar node by its index
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @return the child scalar node with the given index if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
*/
YamlScalar childAsScalar(int index);
/**
* Gets a child scalar node's value by its index
*
* See {@link YamlScalar} for the possible types
*
* Please note that if the scalar's type is not the expected type T,
* a {@link ClassCastException} is thrown at the call site.
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @return the child scalar node's value with the given index if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
* @see YamlScalar
*/
T childAsScalarValue(int index);
/**
* Gets a child scalar node's value by its name with type hinting
*
* See {@link YamlScalar} for the possible types
*
* @param index the index of the child node
* @param type the type that the scalar's value type to be validated
* against
* @return the child scalar node's value with the given name if exists,
* {@code null} otherwise
* @throws YamlException if the scalar's value is not a type of T
* @see YamlScalar
*/
T childAsScalarValue(int index, Class type);
}