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package net.sf.taverna.t2.annotation;
/**
* Possible relationships between entities in a hierarchical context. This is
* used as a property of the HierarchyTraversal annotation on members which
* traverse a conceptual object hierarchy such as a parent-child containment
* relationship. As an example the getProcessors() method in Dataflow is
* annotated with <code>&amp;HierarchyRole(role=CHILD)</code> to indicate that
* it accesses child members of the workflow model containment hierarchy.
*
* @author Tom Oinn
*
*/
public enum HierarchyRole {
CHILD,
PARENT;
}