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/**
 * 
 */
package org.semanticweb.elk.reasoner.taxonomy.model;

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import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.Set;

import org.semanticweb.elk.owl.interfaces.ElkObject;

/**
 * @author Pavel Klinov
 * 
 *         [email protected]
 */
public interface UpdateableTaxonomy extends Taxonomy {

	public UpdateableTaxonomyNode getCreateNode(Collection members);

	public boolean addToBottomNode(T member);

	public boolean removeNode(UpdateableTaxonomyNode node);

	public UpdateableTaxonomyNode getUpdateableNode(T elkObject);

	public Set> getUpdateableNodes();

	/*
	 * FIXME replace by UpdateableTaxonomyNode getTopNode() when we switch to
	 * Java 1.7 which can handle covariant return types
	 */
	public UpdateableTaxonomyNode getUpdateableTopNode();

	/*
	 * Handy since being able to update a taxonomy means being able to update
	 * super nodes of its bottom node
	 */
	public UpdateableBottomNode getUpdateableBottomNode();

}