Package com.aoindustries.util.tree

Interface Node<E>

All Known Implementing Classes:

NodeCopy

public interface Node<E>

An abstract structure for trees. Each tree may have multiple roots.

Author:

AO Industries, Inc.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
List<Node<E>>	getChildren()	Gets the list of direct children of this node.
E	getValue()	Gets the value contained in this node.

Method Detail

getChildren

List<Node<E>> getChildren()
                   throws IOException,
                          SQLException

Gets the list of direct children of this node. If this node cannot have children then return null. If this node can have children but there are none, return an empty List.

Throws:

IOException

SQLException

getValue

E getValue()

Gets the value contained in this node. Comparisons of this value will be performed using the equals method.