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package org.apache.myfaces.custom.tree2;

import javax.faces.component.NamingContainer;
import java.io.Serializable;


/**
 * Model class for the tree component.  It provides random access to nodes in a tree
 * made up of instances of the {@link TreeNode} class.
 *
 * @author Sean Schofield
 * @version $Revision: 472638 $ $Date: 2006-11-08 15:54:13 -0500 (Wed, 08 Nov 2006) $
 */
public interface TreeModel extends Serializable
{
    /**
     * Separator char to be used in node path generation.
     */
    public final static String SEPARATOR = String.valueOf(NamingContainer.SEPARATOR_CHAR);



    /**
     * Gets an array of String containing the ID's of all of the {@link TreeNode}s in the path to
     * the specified node.  The path information will be an array of String objects
     * representing node ID's. The array will starting with the ID of the root node and end with
     * the ID of the specified node.
     *
     * @param nodeId The id of the node for whom the path information is needed.
     * @return String[]
     */
    public String[] getPathInformation(String nodeId);

    /**
     * Indicates whether or not the specified {@link TreeNode} is the last child in the List
     * of children.  If the node id provided corresponds to the root node, this returns true.
     *
     * @param nodeId The ID of the node to check
     * @return boolean
     */
    public boolean isLastChild(String nodeId);

    public TreeNode getNodeById(String nodeId);
    //public String getNodeId(TreeNode node);

    public void setTreeState(TreeState state);
    public TreeState getTreeState();

    /**
     * Gets the TreeWalker associated with the model.  Allows the user to customize the manner in which nodes
     * are walked by the renderer.
     *
     * @return TreeWalker
     */
    public TreeWalker getTreeWalker();

}