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package org.jdom;

import java.io.Serializable;
import java.util.*;
import org.jdom.filter.Filter;

/**
 * Superclass for JDOM objects which are allowed to contain
 * {@link Content} content.
 *
 * @see org.jdom.Content
 * @see org.jdom.Document
 * @see org.jdom.Element
 *
 * @author Bradley S. Huffman
 * @author Jason Hunter
 * @version $Revision: 1.12 $, $Date: 2004/08/31 21:47:51 $
 */
public interface Parent extends Cloneable, Serializable {

    /**
     * Returns the number of children in this parent's content list.
     * Children may be any {@link Content} type.
     *
     * @return number of children
     */
    int getContentSize();

    /**
     * Returns the index of the supplied child in the content list,
     * or -1 if not a child of this parent.
     *
     * @param child  child to search for
     * @return       index of child, or -1 if not found
     */
    int indexOf(Content child);

//    /**
//     * Starting at the given index (inclusive), returns the index of
//     * the first child matching the supplied filter, or -1
//     * if none is found.
//     *
//     * @return index of child, or -1 if none found
//     */
//    int indexOf(int index, Filter filter);

    /**
     * Returns a list containing detached clones of this parent's content list.
     *
     * @return list of cloned child content
     */
    List cloneContent();

    /**
     * Returns the child at the given index.
     *
     * @param index location of desired child
     * @return child at the given index
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
     *         the current number of children
     * @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
     *         and the root element is not set
     */
    Content getContent(int index);

    /**
     * Returns the full content of this parent as a {@link java.util.List}
     * which contains objects of type {@link Content}. The returned list is
     * <b>"live"</b> and in document order. Any modifications
     * to it affect the element's actual contents. Modifications are checked
     * for conformance to XML 1.0 rules.
     * <p>
     * Sequential traversal through the List is best done with an Iterator
     * since the underlying implement of {@link java.util.List#size} may
     * require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require
     * starting at the beginning each time.
     *
     * @return a list of the content of the parent
     * @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
     *         and the root element is not set
     */
    List getContent();

    /**
     * Returns as a {@link java.util.List} the content of
     * this parent that matches the supplied filter. The returned list is
     * <b>"live"</b> and in document order. Any modifications to it affect
     * the element's actual contents. Modifications are checked for
     * conformance to XML 1.0 rules.
     * <p>
     * Sequential traversal through the List is best done with an Iterator
     * since the underlying implement of {@link java.util.List#size} may
     * require walking the entire list and indexed lookups may require
     * starting at the beginning each time.
     *
     * @param  filter filter to apply
     * @return a list of the content of the parent matching the filter
     * @throws IllegalStateException if parent is a Document
     *         and the root element is not set
     */
    List getContent(Filter filter);

    /**
     * Removes all content from this parent and returns the detached
     * children.
     *
     * @return list of the old content detached from this parent
     */
    List removeContent();

    /**
     * Removes from this parent all child content matching the given filter
     * and returns a list of the detached children.
     *
     * @param  filter filter to apply
     * @return list of the detached children matching the filter
     */
    List removeContent(Filter filter);

    /**
     * Removes a single child node from the content list.
     *
     * @param  child  child to remove
     * @return whether the removal occurred
     */
    boolean removeContent(Content child);

    /**
     * Removes and returns the child at the given
     * index, or returns null if there's no such child.
     *
     * @param index index of child to remove
     * @return detached child at given index or null if no
     * @throws IndexOutOfBoundsException if index is negative or beyond
     *             the current number of children
     */
    Content removeContent(int index);

    /**
     * Obtain a deep, unattached copy of this parent and it's children.
     *
     * @return a deep copy of this parent and it's children.
     */
    Object clone();

    /**
     * Returns an {@link java.util.Iterator} that walks over all descendants
     * in document order.
     *
     * @return an iterator to walk descendants
     */
    Iterator getDescendants();

    /**
     * Returns an {@link java.util.Iterator} that walks over all descendants
     * in document order applying the Filter to return only elements that
     * match the filter rule.  With filters you can match only Elements,
     * only Comments, Elements or Comments, only Elements with a given name
     * and/or prefix, and so on.
     *
     * @param filter filter to select which descendants to see
     * @return an iterator to walk descendants that match a filter
     */
    Iterator getDescendants(Filter filter);

    /**
     * Return this parent's parent, or null if this parent is currently
     * not attached to another parent. This is the same method as in Content but
     * also added to Parent to allow more easy up-the-tree walking.
     *
     * @return this parent's parent or null if none
     */
    Parent getParent();

    /**
     * Return this parent's owning document or null if the branch containing
     * this parent is currently not attached to a document.
     *
     * @return this child's owning document or null if none
     */
    Document getDocument();

}