package org.eclipse.aether.graph;

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/**
 * A visitor for nodes of the dependency graph.
 * 
 * @see DependencyNode#accept(DependencyVisitor)
 */
public interface DependencyVisitor
{

    /**
     * Notifies the visitor of a node visit before its children have been processed.
     * 
     * @param node The dependency node being visited, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return {@code true} to visit child nodes of the specified node as well, {@code false} to skip children.
     */
    boolean visitEnter( DependencyNode node );

    /**
     * Notifies the visitor of a node visit after its children have been processed. Note that this method is always
     * invoked regardless whether any children have actually been visited.
     * 
     * @param node The dependency node being visited, must not be {@code null}.
     * @return {@code true} to visit siblings nodes of the specified node as well, {@code false} to skip siblings.
     */
    boolean visitLeave( DependencyNode node );

}