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*
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*
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package com.phloc.commons;
import java.util.Map;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;
import org.w3c.dom.Node;
/**
* Defines a generic interface for appending objects to something.
*
* @author Philip Helger
* @param
* The implementation type.
*/
public interface IAppendable >
{
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (boolean x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (byte x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (char x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (double x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (float x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (int x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (long x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (short x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Object x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Enum x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable boolean [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable byte [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable char [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable double [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable float [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable int [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable long [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable short [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Object [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Enum [] x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Iterable x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Map x);
/**
* @param x
* value to be appended
* @return this
*/
@Nonnull
THISTYPE append (@Nullable Node x);
}