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package io.sirix.node.interfaces;
/**
* Interface for nodes which incorporate values.
*
* @author Sebastian Graf, University of Konstanz
*
*/
public interface ValueNode extends Node {
/**
* Return a byte array representation of the item's value.
*
* @return the value of the node
*/
byte[] getRawValue();
/**
* Setting the value key.
*
* @param value the value to be set
*/
void setRawValue(byte[] value);
/**
* Get the value as a String
* @return the value
*/
String getValue();
}