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package org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner;

import java.util.Set;

import javax.annotation.Nonnull;

import org.semanticweb.owlapi.model.OWLObject;

/**
 * A set of {@link Node}s.
 * 
 * @author Matthew Horridge, The University of Manchester, Information
 *         Management Group
 * @since 3.0.0
 * @param 
 *        the type of elements in the node set
 */
public interface NodeSet extends Iterable> {

    /**
     * A convenience method that gets all of the entities contained in the
     * {@code Nodes} in this {@code NodeSet}.
     * 
     * @return The union of the entities contained in the {@code Nodes} in this
     *         {@code NodeSet}.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set getFlattened();

    /** @return true if the node set is empty */
    boolean isEmpty();

    /**
     * A convenience method that determines if this {@code NodeSet} contains a
     * specific entity.
     * 
     * @param e
     *        The entity to test for
     * @return {@code true} if this {@code NodeSet} contains a {@code Node} that
     *         contains the entity, {@code e}, and {@code false} if this
     *         {@code NodeSet} does not contain a {@code Node} that contains the
     *         entity, {@code e}.
     */
    boolean containsEntity(@Nonnull E e);

    /**
     * Determines if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton. A {@code NodeSet} is a
     * singleton if it contains only one {@code Node}.
     * 
     * @return {@code true} if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton, otherwise
     *         {@code false}.
     */
    boolean isSingleton();

    /**
     * Determines if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton node that only contains
     * the top node (in a hierarchy).
     * 
     * @see org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.Node#isTopNode()
     * @return {@code true} if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton that contains
     *         only the top node, and {@code false} otherwise.
     */
    boolean isTopSingleton();

    /**
     * Determies if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton that only contains the
     * bottom node (in a hierarchy).
     * 
     * @see org.semanticweb.owlapi.reasoner.Node#isBottomNode()
     * @return {@code true} if this {@code NodeSet} is a singleton that only
     *         contains a node that is the bottom node, otherwise {@code false}
     */
    boolean isBottomSingleton();

    /**
     * Gets the {@code Node}s contained in this {@code NodeSet}.
     * 
     * @return The set of {@code Node}s contained in this {@code NodeSet}. Note
     *         that this set will be an unmodifiable set.
     */
    @Nonnull
    Set> getNodes();
}