io.sirix.node.interfaces.SimpleDeweyID Maven / Gradle / Ivy
package io.sirix.node.interfaces;
import io.sirix.node.SirixDeweyID;
/**
* Combines some basic commonalities for different DeweyID representations (as for instance the
* {@link SirixDeweyID} and the DeweyIDBuffer).
*
* @author Martin Hiller
*
*/
public interface SimpleDeweyID {
/**
* Get the division values.
*
* @return an array of divisions representing the DeweyID
*/
public int[] getDivisionValues();
/**
* Get the number of divisions.
*
* @return the number of used divisions (is less or equal to the length of the divisions array)
*/
public int getNumberOfDivisions();
/**
* Determines if it is an attribute.
*
* @return {@code true}, iff this DeweyID represents an attribute node, {@code false} otherwise
*/
public boolean isAttribute();
}