// This is copyrighted source file, part of Rakiura JFern package. // See the file LICENSE for copyright information and the terms and conditions// for copying, distributing and modifications of Rakiura JFern package.// Copyright (C) 1999-2002 by Mariusz Nowostawski and others  [http://www.rakiura.org]package org.rakiura.cpn;/** * Represents an abstract node element. *  *<br><br> * NetElement.java<br> * Created: Mon Sep 25 12:01:13 2000<br> * *@author  <a href="mariusz@rakiura.org">Mariusz Nowostawski</a> *@version 2.1.0 $Revision: 1.7 $ *@since 1.0 */public interface NetElement extends java.io.Serializable {    /**/  String NOID = "noid";  /**   * Returns this element ID.   *@return this element ID.   */  String getID();  /**    * Returns the name of this node. Names are useful for easy   * referencing net nodes.   *@return name of this node.   */  String getName();    /**   * Sets the name of this net element.   * Names are useful for easy referencing    * net nodes.   *@param aName a new name for this node.   *@return old name of this node.   */  String setName(final String aName);  /**   * Visitor pattern.   *@param aVisitor visitor   *@return this net element   */  NetElement apply(final NetVisitor aVisitor);  } // NetElement//////////////////// end of file ////////////////////