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/*
* Copyright 2003-2004, Franz-Josef Elmer, All rights reserved
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
* it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2.1 of the License, or
* (at your option) any later version.
*
* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
* GNU Lesser General Public License for more details
* (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/lesser.html).
*
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* along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
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*/
package jcckit.data;
/**
* Interface for all kinds of data elements.
*
* @author Franz-Josef Elmer
*/
public interface DataElement {
/**
* Returns the container containing this element.
* @return null if this element is not an element of a container.
*/
public DataContainer getContainer();
/**
* Sets the container which should contain this element.
* This method should not used outside {@link DataContainer}..
* @param container Container which should contains this element. Cann be
* null if this element does not belong to a container.
*/
public void setContainer(DataContainer container);
}