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package org.treetank.data.interfaces;
/**
* Class to denote that an {@link ITreeData} has structural attributes. That means
* that a class can have pointers to neighbours.
*/
public interface ITreeStructData extends ITreeData {
/**
* Declares, whether the item has a first child.
*
* @return true, if item has a first child, otherwise false
*/
boolean hasFirstChild();
/**
* Declares, whether the item has a left sibling.
*
* @return true, if item has a left sibling, otherwise false
*/
boolean hasLeftSibling();
/**
* Declares, whether the item has a right sibling.
*
* @return true, if item has a right sibling, otherwise false
*/
boolean hasRightSibling();
/**
* Gets the number of children of the item.
*
* @return item's number of children
*/
long getChildCount();
/**
* Gets key of the context item's first child.
*
* @return first child's key
*/
long getFirstChildKey();
/**
* Gets key of the context item's left sibling.
*
* @return left sibling key
*/
long getLeftSiblingKey();
/**
* Gets key of the context item's right sibling.
*
* @return right sibling key
*/
long getRightSiblingKey();
/**
* Setting the right sibling key to this node.
*
* @param pNodeKey
* the new key to be set.
*/
void setRightSiblingKey(long pNodeKey);
/**
* Setting the left sibling key to this node.
*
* @param pNodeKey
* the new key to be set.
*/
void setLeftSiblingKey(long pNodeKey);
/**
* Setting the first child sibling key to this node.
*
* @param pNodeKey
* the new key to be set.
*/
void setFirstChildKey(long pNodeKey);
/**
* Decrementing the child count.
*
*/
void decrementChildCount();
/**
* Incrementing the child count.
*/
void incrementChildCount();
}