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1 /*
2  * This file is part of JGAP.
3  *
4  * JGAP offers a dual license model containing the LGPL as well as the MPL.
5  *
6  * For licencing information please see the file license.txt included with JGAP
7  * or have a look at the top of class org.jgap.Chromosome which representatively
8  * includes the JGAP license policy applicable for any file delivered with JGAP.
9  */
10 package org.jgap.data;
11
12 /**
13  * The IDataCreators interface represents an entity comparable to
14  * org.w3c.dom.Document
15  *
16  * @author Klaus Meffert
17  * @since 2.0
18  */
19 public interface IDataCreators {
20   /** String containing the CVS revision. Read out via reflection!*/
21   final static String JavaDoc CVS_REVISION = "$Revision: 1.5 $";
22
23   void setTree(IDataElementList a_tree);
24
25   /**
26    * @return the tree (of elements) held by the implementing class
27    *
28    * @author Klaus Meffert
29    * @since 2.0
30    */
31   IDataElementList getTree();
32
33   /**
34    * Constructs a new instance of the entity implementing IDataCreators
35    * @throws Exception
36    * @return new instance of the entity itself
37    *
38    * @author Klaus Meffert
39    * @since 2.0
40    */
41   IDataCreators newDocument()
42       throws Exception JavaDoc;
43
44   /**
45    * Appends a child element to the tree
46    * @param a_newChild the child to be added to the tree
47    * @throws Exception
48    *
49    * @author Klaus Meffert
50    * @since 2.0
51    */
52   void appendChild(IDataElement a_newChild)
53       throws Exception JavaDoc;
54 }
55
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