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package org.apache.directory.server.core.partition.tree;


/**
 * An interface for nodes in a tree designed to quickly lookup partitions.
 * Branch nodes in this tree contain other nodes.  Leaf nodes in the tree
 * contain a referrence to a partition whose suffix is the path through the 
 * nodes of the tree from the root.
 * 
 * @author <a href="mailto:dev@directory.apache.org">Apache Directory Project</a>
 */
public interface Node
{
    /**
     * Tells if the implementation is a leaf node. If it's a branch node
     * then false is returned.
     *
     * @return <code>true</code> if the class is a leaf node, false otherwise.
     */
    boolean isLeaf();
}