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/**
 * Copyright (C) 2006-2015 phloc systems
 * http://www.phloc.com
 * office[at]phloc[dot]com
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
package com.phloc.commons.microdom;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.List;

import javax.annotation.Nonnegative;
import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
import javax.annotation.Nullable;

import com.phloc.commons.ICloneable;
import com.phloc.commons.annotations.Nonempty;
import com.phloc.commons.parent.IHasChildrenSorted;
import com.phloc.commons.parent.IHasParent;
import com.phloc.commons.state.EChange;

/**
 * This is the base interface for all kind of nodes in the micro document object
 * model.
 * 
 * @author Philip Helger
 */
public interface IMicroNode extends ICloneable , IHasChildrenSorted , IHasParent , Serializable
{
  /**
   * @return Just an abstract name that depends on the implementing class.
   */
  @Nonnull
  @Nonempty
  String getNodeName ();

  /**
   * @return The value of this node. This depends on the concrete implementation
   *         class. It is currently implemented for {@link IMicroText},
   *         {@link IMicroComment} and {@link IMicroEntityReference}.
   */
  String getNodeValue ();

  /**
   * @return true if at least one child is present,
   *         false otherwise
   */
  boolean hasChildren ();

  /**
   * Get a list of all direct child nodes.
   * 
   * @return May be null if the node has no children.
   */
  @Nullable
  List  getChildren ();

  /**
   * @return The first child node of this node, or null if this
   *         node has no children.
   */
  @Nullable
  IMicroNode getFirstChild ();

  /**
   * @return The last child node of this node, or null if this node
   *         has no children.
   */
  @Nullable
  IMicroNode getLastChild ();

  /**
   * Recursively get all children. Micro container are contained in this list
   * (incl. their children of course)
   * 
   * @return A list containing all recursively contained child elements. May be
   *         null if this node has no children.
   */
  @Nullable
  List  getAllChildrenRecursive ();

  /**
   * @return The previous node on the same level as this node, or
   *         null if this node has no preceding siblings.
   */
  @Nullable
  IMicroNode getPreviousSibling ();

  /**
   * @return The next node on the same level as this node, or null
   *         if this node has no succeeding siblings.
   */
  @Nullable
  IMicroNode getNextSibling ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node has a parent node assigned,
   *         false otherwise.
   */
  boolean hasParent ();

  /**
   * @return May be null.
   */
  @Nullable
  IMicroNode getParent ();

  /**
   * Detach this node from the parent node so it can be inserted into another
   * node without problems. Otherwise you would get an
   * {@link IllegalStateException} if adding this node again to another parent
   * since each node can only have one parent.
   * 
   * @return this
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroNode detachFromParent ();

  @Nullable
  IMicroElement getParentElementWithName (@Nullable String sTagName);

  @Nullable
  IMicroElement getParentElementWithName (@Nullable String sNamespaceURI, @Nullable String sTagName);

  /**
   * Append any child to the node.
   * 
   * @param 
   *        Parameter type == return type
   * @param aChildNode
   *        The child node to append. May be null.
   * @return The appended node, or null if the parameter was
   *         null.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nullable
   NODETYPE appendChild (@Nullable NODETYPE aChildNode) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Insert an existing node before a certain child node of this.
   * 
   * @param aChildNode
   *        The new child node to be inserted.
   * @param aSuccessor
   *        The node before which the new node will be inserted.
   * @return The newly inserted node
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nullable
   NODETYPE insertBefore (@Nullable NODETYPE aChildNode, @Nonnull IMicroNode aSuccessor) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Insert an existing node after a certain child node of this.
   * 
   * @param aChildNode
   *        The new child node to be inserted.
   * @param aPredecessor
   *        The node after which the new node will be inserted.
   * @return The newly inserted node
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nullable
   NODETYPE insertAfter (@Nullable NODETYPE aChildNode, @Nonnull IMicroNode aPredecessor) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Insert an existing node as a child at the specified index.
   * 
   * @param nIndex
   *        The index to insert. Must be ≥ 0.
   * @param aChildNode
   *        The new child node to be inserted.
   * @return The newly inserted node
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nullable
   NODETYPE insertAtIndex (@Nonnegative int nIndex, @Nullable NODETYPE aChildNode) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node to this node.
   * 
   * @param sText
   *        text to be added
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendText (@Nullable CharSequence sText) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendText (@Nonnull char [] aChars) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @param nOfs
   *        Offset into the array where to start copying data. May not be <,
   *        0.
   * @param nLen
   *        Number of bytes to take from the array. May not be <, 0.
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendText (@Nonnull char [] aChars, @Nonnegative int nOfs, @Nonnegative int nLen) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node to this node. If the type of the value is not
   * {@link String}, the {@link com.phloc.commons.typeconvert.TypeConverter} is
   * invoked to convert it to a {@link String} object.
   * 
   * @param aValue
   *        text to be added
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendTextWithConversion (@Nullable Object aValue) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node which is ignorable whitespace content to this node.
   * 
   * @param sText
   *        The whitespace content to be added.
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendIgnorableWhitespaceText (@Nullable CharSequence sText) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node which is ignorable whitespace content to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendIgnorableWhitespaceText (@Nonnull char [] aChars) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a text node which is ignorable whitespace content to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @param nOfs
   *        Offset into the array where to start copying data. May not be <,
   *        0.
   * @param nLen
   *        Number of bytes to take from the array. May not be <, 0.
   * @return The created text node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroText appendIgnorableWhitespaceText (@Nonnull char [] aChars, @Nonnegative int nOfs, @Nonnegative int nLen) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a CDATA node to this node.
   * 
   * @param sText
   *        CDATA text
   * @return The created CDATA node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroCDATA appendCDATA (@Nullable CharSequence sText) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a CDATA node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @return The created CDATA node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroCDATA appendCDATA (@Nonnull char [] aChars) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a CDATA node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @param nOfs
   *        Offset into the array where to start copying data. May not be <,
   *        0.
   * @param nLen
   *        Number of bytes to take from the array. May not be <, 0.
   * @return The created CDATA node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroCDATA appendCDATA (@Nonnull char [] aChars, @Nonnegative int nOfs, @Nonnegative int nLen) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a CDATA node to this node. If the type of the value is not
   * {@link String}, the {@link com.phloc.commons.typeconvert.TypeConverter} is
   * invoked to convert it to a {@link String} object.
   * 
   * @param aValue
   *        CDATA to be added
   * @return The created CDATA node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroCDATA appendCDATAWithConversion (@Nullable Object aValue) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a comment node to this node.
   * 
   * @param sText
   *        comment text
   * @return The created comment.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroComment appendComment (@Nullable CharSequence sText) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a comment node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @return The created comment.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroComment appendComment (@Nonnull char [] aChars) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a comment node to this node.
   * 
   * @param aChars
   *        Characters to append. May not be null
   * @param nOfs
   *        Offset into the array where to start copying data. May not be <,
   *        0.
   * @param nLen
   *        Number of bytes to take from the array. May not be <, 0.
   * @return The created comment.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroComment appendComment (@Nonnull char [] aChars, @Nonnegative int nOfs, @Nonnegative int nLen) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a comment node to this node. If the type of the value is not
   * {@link String}, the {@link com.phloc.commons.typeconvert.TypeConverter} is
   * invoked to convert it to a {@link String} object.
   * 
   * @param aValue
   *        Comment to be added
   * @return The created comment node.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroComment appendCommentWithConversion (@Nullable Object aValue) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append an entity reference to this node.
   * 
   * @param sName
   *        The name of the entity reference.
   * @return The created entity reference.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroEntityReference appendEntityReference (@Nonnull String sName) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append an element without namespace to this node.
   * 
   * @param sTagName
   *        Element name to be created. May neither be null nor
   *        empty.
   * @return The created element
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroElement appendElement (@Nonnull @Nonempty String sTagName) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append an element with namespace to this node.
   * 
   * @param sNamespaceURI
   *        Namespace URI to use. May be null.
   * @param sTagName
   *        Element name to be created. May neither be null nor
   *        empty.
   * @return The created element
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroElement appendElement (@Nullable String sNamespaceURI, @Nonnull @Nonempty String sTagName) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append an element without namespace to this node.
   * 
   * @param aElementNameProvider
   *        Element name provider. May not be null.
   * @return The created element
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroElement appendElement (@Nonnull IHasElementName aElementNameProvider) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append an element with namespace to this node.
   * 
   * @param sNamespaceURI
   *        Namespace URI to use. May be null.
   * @param aElementNameProvider
   *        Element name provider. May not be null.
   * @return The created element
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroElement appendElement (@Nullable String sNamespaceURI, @Nonnull IHasElementName aElementNameProvider) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a processing instruction to this node.
   * 
   * @param sTarget
   *        The PI target
   * @param sData
   *        The PI data
   * @return The created element
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroProcessingInstruction appendProcessingInstruction (@Nonnull @Nonempty String sTarget, @Nullable String sData) throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Append a new container to this node
   * 
   * @return The created container.
   * @throws MicroException
   *         if this node cannot have children
   */
  @Nonnull
  IMicroContainer appendContainer () throws MicroException;

  /**
   * Remove the passed child.
   * 
   * @param aChild
   *        The child to be removed. May not be null.
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if the child was successfully removed,
   *         {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} otherwise.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange removeChild (@Nonnull IMicroNode aChild);

  /**
   * Remove the child not at the specified index.
   * 
   * @param nIndex
   *        The 0-based index of the item to be removed.
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if the node was successfully removed,
   *         {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} otherwise.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange removeChildAtIndex (@Nonnegative int nIndex);

  /**
   * Remove all children from this node.
   * 
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if at least one child was present, and was
   *         successfully removed, {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} otherwise.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange removeAllChildren ();

  /**
   * Replace the passed old child with the new child.
   * 
   * @param aOldChild
   *        The child to be removed. May not be null.
   * @param aNewChild
   *        The child to be inserted instead. May not be null.
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if the child was successfully replaced,
   *         {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} if old child and new child are identical.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange replaceChild (@Nonnull IMicroNode aOldChild, @Nonnull IMicroNode aNewChild);

  /**
   * @return The node type. Never null.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EMicroNodeType getType ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroDocument}.
   */
  boolean isDocument ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroDocumentType}.
   */
  boolean isDocumentType ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroText}.
   */
  boolean isText ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroCDATA}.
   */
  boolean isCDATA ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroComment}.
   */
  boolean isComment ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroEntityReference}.
   */
  boolean isEntityReference ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroElement}.
   */
  boolean isElement ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroProcessingInstruction}.
   */
  boolean isProcessingInstruction ();

  /**
   * @return true if this node can safely be casted to
   *         {@link IMicroContainer}.
   */
  boolean isContainer ();

  /**
   * Register a specific MicroDOM event listener. One event listener can only be
   * attached once to an event!
   * 
   * @param eEventType
   *        The event type. May not be null.
   * @param aTarget
   *        The event target to be added. May not be null.
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if the event listener was registered,
   *         {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} otherwise.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange registerEventTarget (@Nonnull EMicroEvent eEventType, @Nonnull IMicroEventTarget aTarget);

  /**
   * Unregister a specific MicroDOM event listener.
   * 
   * @param eEventType
   *        The event type. May not be null.
   * @param aTarget
   *        The event target to be added. May not be null.
   * @return {@link EChange#CHANGED} if the event listener was unregistered,
   *         {@link EChange#UNCHANGED} otherwise.
   */
  @Nonnull
  EChange unregisterEventTarget (@Nonnull EMicroEvent eEventType, @Nonnull IMicroEventTarget aTarget);

  /**
   * As instances of this class may not implement equals/hashCode we need a way
   * to determine, if 2 nodes are equal by content.
   * 
   * @param aNode
   *        The node to compare to this.
   * @return true if the nodes are of the same type and the same
   *         content, false otherwise.
   */
  boolean isEqualContent (@Nullable IMicroNode aNode);
}




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