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      1 /*
      2 The MIT License
      3 
      4 Copyright (c) 2008 Tahseen Ur Rehman, Javid Jamae
      5 
      6 http://code.google.com/p/radixtree/
      7 
      8 Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
      9 of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
     10 in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
     11 to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
     12 copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
     13 furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
     14 
     15 The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
     16 all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
     17 
     18 THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
     19 IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
     20 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
     21 AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
     22 LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
     23 OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
     24 THE SOFTWARE.
     25 */
     26 
     27 package ds.tree;
     28 
     29 /**
     30  * The visitor interface that is used by {@link RadixTreeImpl} for perfroming
     31  * task on a searched node.
     32  *
     33  * @author Tahseen Ur Rehman (tahseen.ur.rehman {at.spam.me.not} gmail.com)
     34  * @author Javid Jamae
     35  * @author Dennis Heidsiek
     36  * @param <T,R>
     37  */
     38 public interface Visitor<T, R> {
     39     /**
     40      * This method gets called by {@link RadixTreeImpl#visit(String, Visitor) visit}
     41      * when it finds a node matching the key given to it.
     42      *
     43      * @param key The key that matched the node
     44      * @param parent The parent of the node being visited
     45      * @param node The node that is being visited
     46      */
     47     public void visit(String key, RadixTreeNode<T> parent, RadixTreeNode<T> node);
     48 
     49     /**
     50      * The visitor can store any type of result object, depending on the context of
     51      * what it is being used for.
     52      *
     53      * @return The result captured by the visitor.
     54      */
     55     public R getResult();
     56 }
     57